Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 2007 Ontario provincial election

This is a list of candidates for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 2007 Ontario general election.The ONDP ran candidates in all of the province's 107 ridings; 10 of whom were elected.

Central Ontario

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Barrie	Larry Taylor				3,700	7.99	3rd
Dufferin—Caledon	Lynda McDougall				3,893	9.86	4th
Durham	Catherine Robinson				5,521	12.05	3rd
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	Joan Corigan				5,785	11.92	3rd
Newmarket—Aurora	Mike Seaward				3,290	7.22	4th
Northumberland—Quinte West	Carol Blaind				6,492	13.22	3rd
Peterborough	Dave Nickle	ONDP candidate for Peterborough in the 2003, and 1999 provincial elections			8,523	16.62	3rd
Simcoe—Grey	Katy Austin				4,417	9.22	4th
Simcoe North	Andrew Hill				4,240	9.19	4th
York—Simcoe	Nancy Morrison				4,205	10.14	4th

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Carleton—Mississippi Mills	Michael Hadskis				4,002	7.62	4th
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Josée Blanchette				2,281	5.67	4th
Kingston and the Islands	Rick Downes				10,129	20.55	3rd
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington	Ross Sutherland	ONDP candidate for Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington in the 2003 provincial election			5,623	12.53	3rd
Leeds—Grenville	Pauline Kuhlman				2,821	6.87	4th
Nepean—Carleton	Tristan Maack				4,000	7.43	4th
Ottawa Centre	Will Murray				16,161	30.90	2nd
Ottawa—Orléans	Andrée Germain				3,088	6.36	3rd
Ottawa South	Edelweiss D'Andrea				4,467	9.33	3rd
Ottawa Vanier	Ric Dagenais	ONDP candidate for Ottawa—Orléans in the 2003 provincial election			6,049	14.71	3rd
Ottawa West—Nepean	Lynn Hamilton				4,564	9.69	3rd
Prince Edward—Hastings	Jodie Jenkins				6,287	13.90	3rd
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	Felictie Stairs	ONDP candidate for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke in the 2003 provincial election			3,038	7.58	3rd
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry	Lori Taylor				2,813	7.37	3rd

Greater Toronto Area

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Ajax—Pickering	Bala Thavarajasoorier				3,275	8.09	3rd
Beaches—East York	Michael Prue	Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—East York (2001–2014) Candidate in the 2009 Ontario NDP leadership election Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 32 (Beaches—East York) (1998–2001) Mayor of East York (1993–1997)		Civil servant	17,522	44.32	1st
Bramalea—Gore—Malton	Glenn Crowe				5,016	12.34	3rd
Brampton—Springdale	Mani Singh				3,800	10.89	3rd
Brampton West	Garth Bobb	ONDP candidate for York West in the 2003 provincial election			4,901	10.91	3rd
Burlington	Cory Judson	ONDP candidate for the 2007 Burlington provincial by-election			5,728	10.97	3rd
Davenport	Peter Ferreira				10,880	36.49	2nd
Don Valley East	Mary Trapani Hynes				3,759	10.63	3rd
Don Valley West	Mike Kenny				2,138	4.67	4th
Eglinton—Lawrence	Karin Wiens				4,039	10.03	3rd
Etobicoke Centre	Anita Agrawal				3,847	8.40	3rd
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Andrea Németh				5,837	13.28	3rd
Etobicoke North	Mohamed Boudjenane				4,101	14.85	3rd
Halton	Patricia Heroux				4,160	7.68	4th
Markham—Unionville	Andy Arifin				2,597	7.30	3rd
Mississauga—Brampton South	Karan Pandher				3,785	10.31	4th
Mississauga East—Cooksville	Sathish Balasunderam				3,192	8.46	3rd
Mississauga—Erindale	Shaila Kibria				5,056	11.23	3rd
Mississauga South	Ken Cole	ONDP candidate for Mississauga South in the 2003 provincial election			3,745	9.11	3rd
Mississauga—Streetsville	Gail McCabe				3,944	10.23	3rd
Oak Ridges—Markham	Janice Hagan	ONDP candidate for Markham in the 2003 and 1999 provincial elections			4,698	7.93	3rd
Oakville	Tony Crawford				3,091	6.48	4th
Oshawa	Sid Ryan	President of CUPE Ontario (1992–2009)			13,482	32.92	2nd
Parkdale—High Park	Cheri DiNovo	Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale—High Park (2006–2017)	Toronto	United Church minister	18,194	44.71	1st
Pickering—Scarborough East	Andrea Moffat				4,563	11.23	3rd
Richmond Hill	Nella Cotrupi				3,565	8.76	3rd
Scarborough—Agincourt	Yvette Blackburn				3,531	7.31	3rd
Scarborough Centre	Kathleen Mathurin				4,401	13.29	3rd
Scarborough—Guildwood	Neethan Shan	York Region District School Board Trustee for Wards 7 and 8 (2006–2010)	Scarborough	Social worker [1]	7,441	21.92	3rd
Scarborough—Rouge River	Sheila White				4,691	13.68	3rd
Scarborough Southwest	Jay Sarkar				5,930	18.11	3rd
St. Paul's	Julian Heller	ONDP candidate for St. Paul's in the 2003 provincial election			7,061	15.74	3rd
Thornhill	Sandra Parrott				2,867	5.92	3rd
Toronto Centre	Sandra Gonzalez				8,464	18.82	3rd
Toronto—Danforth	Peter Tabuns	Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto—Danforth (2006–present) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 8-Riverdale (1990–1997)	Toronto	Executive director of Greenpeace Canada (1999–2004) [2]	17,975	45.85	1st
Trinity—Spadina	Rosario Marchese	Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity—Spadina (1999–2014) Member of Provincial Parliament for Fort York (1990–1999)		Teacher [3]	18,508	41.15	1st
Vaughan	Rick Morelli	Metropolitan Separate School Board Trustee for Downsview (1988–?)	Woodbridge	Pharmacy manager	5,470	11.69	3rd
Whitby—Oshawa	Nigel Moses				5,733	11.12	3rd
Willowdale	Rini Ghosh				3,699	8.34	3rd
York Centre	Claudia Rodriguez				3,713	10.87	3rd
York South—Weston	Paul Ferreira	Member of Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston (2007)			13,394	41.54	2nd
York West	Antoni Shelton				6,764	27.95	2nd

Hamilton/Niagara

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale	Juanita Maldonado				6,814	13.72	3rd
Hamilton Centre	Andrea Horwath	Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (2004–2007) Member of Hamilton City Council for Ward 2 (1997–2004)	Hamilton		17,176	44.72	1st
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek	Paul Miller	Member of Stoney Creek City Council (1994–2000)	Stoney Creek		16,272	37.65	1st
Hamilton Mountain	Bryan Adamczyk				15,653	33.53	2nd
Niagara Falls	Mike Piché				4,605	9.85	4th
Niagara West—Glanbrook	Bonnie Bryan				5,809	12.20	3rd
St. Catharines	Henry Bosch				7,069	15.88	3rd
Welland	Peter Kormos			Lawyer	24,910	53.94	1st

Northern Ontario

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Algoma—Manitoulin	Peter Denley				9,863	36.95	2nd
Kenora—Rainy River	Howard Hampton	Member of Provincial Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River (1999–2011) Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1996–2009) Member of Provincial Parliament for Rainy River (1987–1999)		Lawyer	14,281	60.62	1st
Nickel Belt	France Gélinas		Naughton		15,126	46.59	1st
Nipissing	Henri Giroux			Chef [4]	4,136	12.64	3rd
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Sara Hall				5,015	13.65	3rd
Sault Ste. Marie	Jeff Arbus				8,475	26.38	2nd
Sudbury	Dave Battaino				8,914	27.13	2nd
Thunder Bay—Atikokan	John Rafferty				10,878	37.52	2nd
Thunder Bay—Superior North	Jim Foulds				10,938	38.26	2nd
Timiskaming—Cochrane	John Vanthof		Earlton	Farmer	10,954	40.55	2nd
Timmins—James Bay	Gilles Bisson	Member of Provincial Parliament for Timmins—James Bay (1999–2018) Member of Provincial Parliament for Cochrane South (1990–1999)	Timmins	Union leader	13,176	51.60	1st

Southwestern Ontario

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Brant	Brian Van Tilborg				6,536	13.68	3rd
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound	Paul Johnstone				1,721	3.79	4th
Cambridge	Mitchell Healey				5,896	13.70	3rd
Elgin—Middlesex—London	Brad James				4,643	11.46	3rd
Essex	John Grima				8,638	20.77	3rd
Guelph	Karan Mann-Bowers				6,880	13.84	4th
Haldimand—Norfolk	Jan Watson				4,546	10.60	3rd
Huron—Bruce	Paul Klopp	Member of Provincial Parliament for Huron (1990–1995)	Bluewater	Farmer [5]	5,932	13.32	3rd
Kitchener Centre	Rick Moffitt				6,707	17.61	3rd
Kitchener—Conestoga	Mark Cairns				4,545	11.65	3rd
Kitchener—Waterloo	Catherine Fife				8,902	17.52	3rd
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	Joyce Joliffe				4,520	10.73	3rd
London—Fanshawe	Stephen Maynard				9,350	16.65	3rd
London North Centre	Steve Holmes				7,649	16.65	3rd
London West	Paul Pighin				5,562	11.23	3rd
Oxford	Michael Comeau				4,421	11.33	3rd
Perth—Wellington	Donna Hansen				3,912	10.09	3rd
Sarnia—Lambton	Barb Millitt				11,349	26.82	3rd
Wellington—Halton Hills	Noel Duignan	Member of Provincial Parliament for Halton North (1990–1995)	Georgetown	Executive assistant	3,914	8.94	4th
Windsor—Tecumseh	Helmi Charif				8,836	24.36	2nd
Windsor West	Mariano Klimowicz				8,604	25.67	2nd

References

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