Laura Smith (Canadian politician)

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2022 Ontario general election: Thornhill
Laura Smith
MPP
Members' statements 2023-03-28 Laura Smith.png
Smith in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Thornhill
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Laura Smith 18,39553.287.84
Liberal Laura Mirabella10,24729.68+14.90
New Democratic Jasleen Kambo2,6987.8211.51
Green Daniella Mikanovsky1,1553.35+1.14
New Blue Yakov Zarkhine9312.70 
Ontario Party Igor Tvorogov3511.02 
Independent Jacob Joel Ginsberg2610.76 
No AffiliationHiten Patel1950.56 
Moderate Aleksei Polyakov1050.300.07
Independent Brandon Ying1000.29 
Freedom of ChoiceRoman Pesis840.24 
Total valid votes34,522100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots298
Turnout34,82039.88
Eligible voters87,082
Progressive Conservative hold Swing 11.37
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

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References

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