Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 2011 Ontario provincial election

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This is a list of candidates for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 2011 Ontario general election. The ONDP nominated candidates in all of Ontario's 107 ridings, 17 of whom were elected. Following the election, the ONDP remained the third largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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Central Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Barrie Myrna Clark Barrie [1] 8,16818.963rd
Dufferin—Caledon Karen Gventer Hepworth [2] 4,20011.064th
Durham James Terry Courtice Factory worker [3] 8,02717.593rd
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Donald Abel Member of Provincial Parliament for Wentworth North (1990–1995) Kawartha Lakes Civil servant [4] 8,51717.313rd
Newmarket—Aurora Robin Wardlaw Newmarket United Church minister 6,51414.363rd
Northumberland—Quinte West Kira Mees Hastings Disability support worker [5] 8,58917.733rd
Peterborough Dave NickleONDP candidate for Peterborough in the 2007, 2003, and 1999 provincial elections 12,46025.613rd
Simcoe—Grey David Matthews6,83914.663rd
Simcoe North Doris Middleton7,71016.963rd
York—Simcoe Megan Tay Bond Head [6] 6,60717.073rd

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Carleton—Mississippi Mills Liam DuffUniversity student [7] 6,37111.313rd
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Bonnie Jean-Louis Green Party candidate for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the 2006 federal election Hawkesbury 5,72114.243rd
Kingston and the Islands Mary Rita Holland10,24123.792nd
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Dave Parkhill Kingston Paramedic [8] 8,10418.093rd
Leeds—Grenville David Lundy Merrickville Union leader (OPSEU) [9] 5,82215.233rd
Nepean—Carleton Ric DagenaisONDP candidate for Ottawa–Vanier in the 2007 provincial election Union official (CUPE) [10] 8,12714.773rd
Ottawa Centre Anil Naidoo Ottawa [11] Human rights consultant14,71529.132nd
Ottawa—Orléans Doug McKercher Ottawa Civil servant/Teacher [12] 4,97910.583rd
Ottawa South Wali Farah Ottawa Immigrant support services director [13] 5,98813.393rd
Ottawa Vanier Paul Étienne Laliberté-TippleProfessor [14] 7,46619.603rd
Ottawa West—Nepean Wendy Byrne Ottawa-Carleton Regional Councillor for Bay Ward (1998–2001)Lawyer6,57614.803rd
Prince Edward—Hastings Sherry Hayes MacArthur's Mills Non-profit executive7,37916.583rd
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Brian Dougherty Arnprior Plumber [15] 4,27710.973rd
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Elaine MacDonaldMember of Cornwall City Council (2010–present) Cornwall Teacher [16] 8,02120.653rd

Greater Toronto Area

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Ajax—Pickering Evan Wiseman5,95114.373rd
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 17,80746.611st
Bramalea—Gore—Malton Jagmeet Singh NDP candidate for Bramalea—Gore—Malton in the 2011 federal election Lawyer16,31837.641st
Brampton—Springdale Mani SinghONDP candidate for Brampton—Springdale in the 2007 provincial election 5,37815.253rd
Brampton West Dalbir Kathuria Brampton Small business owner8,33718.973rd
Burlington Peggy Russell Halton District School Board Trustee (2000–2010) Burlington [17] 9,37018.873rd
Davenport Jonah Schein Candidate for Ward 17 - Davenport in the 2010 Toronto municipal election Davenport Social worker 14,36745.931st
Don Valley East Bob HilliardFormer President of the Canadian Paediatric Society [18] Toronto Paediatrician/professor at the University of Toronto [19] [20] 5,95318.613rd
Don Valley West Khalid Ahmed Social worker 3,6218.643rd
Eglinton—Lawrence Gerti Dervishi3,7639.823rd
Etobicoke Centre Ana Maria RiveroNDP candidate for Etobicoke Centre in the 2011 federal election
NDP candidate for Etobicoke North in the 2000 federal election 		Etobicoke [21] 5,09911.983rd
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Dionne ColeyLawyer/professor at Humber College and Seneca College [22] 6,71315.453rd
Etobicoke North Vrind Sharma Charity coordinator [23] 5,42621.763rd
Halton Nik SpohrUniversity student7,75713.153rd
Markham—Unionville P.C. Choo4,57512.293rd
Mississauga—Brampton South Karanjit PandherONDP candidate for Mississauga—Brampton South in the 2007 provincial election 5,42016.023rd
Mississauga East—Cooksville Waseem AhmedNDP candidate for Mississauga East—Cooksville in the 2011 federal election Mississauga Small business owner [24] 5,70416.793rd
Mississauga—Erindale Michelle Bilek7,76817.023rd
Mississauga South Anju Sikka4,04410.063rd
Mississauga—Streetsville Raed Ayad5,49415.233rd
Oak Ridges—Markham Joe Whitfield8,54813.263rd
Oakville Lesley Sprague4,62510.243rd
Oshawa Mike Shields14,31636.182nd
Parkdale—High Park Cheri DiNovo Member of Provincial Parliament for Parkdale—High Park (2006–2017) Toronto United Church minister 18,36546.201st
Pickering—Scarborough East Nerissa Cariño6,42416.473rd
Richmond Hill Adam De Vita4,98712.973rd
St. Paul's David Hynes7,12416.613rd
Scarborough—Agincourt Paul Choi5,01715.773rd
Scarborough Centre Kathleen MathurinONDP candidate for Scarborough Centre in the 2007 provincial election 6,87622.013rd
Scarborough—Guildwood Lorri Urban6,19419.423rd
Scarborough—Rouge River Neethan Shan York Region District School Board Trustee for Wards 7 and 8 (2006–2010) Scarborough Social worker 13,08835.972nd
Scarborough Southwest Bruce Budd10,40431.452nd
Thornhill Cindy Hackelberg4,0248.963rd
Toronto Centre Cathy Crowe Nurse11,57125.192nd
Toronto—Danforth Peter Tabuns Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto—Danforth (2006–present)20,06254.011st
Trinity—Spadina Rosario Marchese Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity—Spadina (1999–2014)
Member of Provincial Parliament for Fort York (1990–1999)		19,87042.361st
Vaughan Paul Donofrio5,59411.333rd
Whitby—Oshawa Maret Sadem-Thompson7,86515.463rd
Willowdale Alexander Brown5,55612.853rd
York Centre John Fagan4,57914.133rd
York South—Weston Paul Ferreira Member of Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston (2007)13,07142.182nd
York West Tom Rakocevic Executive assistant7,90134.822nd

Hamilton/Niagara

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Trevor Westerhoff Small business owner8,15417.203rd
Hamilton Centre Andrea Horwath Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (2009–2022)
Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Centre (2007–2022)
Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East (2004–2007)
Member of Hamilton City Council for Ward 2 (1997–2004)		 Hamilton 20,58661.331st
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Paul Miller Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (2007–2022)
Member of Stoney Creek City Council (1994–2000)		 Stoney Creek 20,44251.721st
Hamilton Mountain Monique Taylor Hamilton Executive assistant20,49245.161st
Niagara Falls Wayne RedekopMayor of Fort Erie (1997–2006) Fort Erie 12,30426.303rd
Niagara West—Glanbrook Anthony MarcoTeacher9,07018.553rd
St. Catharines Irene Lowell St. Catharines Factory worker8,62420.203rd
Welland Cindy Forster Mayor of Welland (2000–2003) Welland Nurse19,52744.661st

Northern Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Algoma—Manitoulin Michael Mantha Elliot Lake Executive assistant11,56044.451st
Kenora—Rainy River Sarah Campbell Vermilion Bay Executive assistant10,75249.621st
Nickel Belt France Gélinas Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (2007–present) Naughton 16,87654.891st
Nipissing Henri GirouxONDP candidate for Nipissing in the 2007 provincial election Chef [25] 5,56718.143rd
Parry Sound—Muskoka Alex Zyganiuk6,52618.183rd
Sault Ste. Marie Celia Ross President of Algoma University (1998–2010) Sault Ste. Marie University professor9,04730.872nd
Sudbury Paul Loewenberg Sudbury Arts promoter13,25140.722nd
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Mary Kozorys9,87437.292nd
Thunder Bay—Superior North Steve Mantis Thunder Bay 9,11134.852nd
Timiskaming—Cochrane John Vanthof ONDP candidate for Timiskaming—Cochrane in the 2011 provincial election Earlton Farmer9,73542.741st
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 leader11,47949.471st

Southwestern Ontario

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes %Rank
Brant Brian Van TilborgONDP candidate for Brant in the 2007 provincial election 11,00624.203rd
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Paul JohnstoneONDP candidate for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in the 2007 provincial election 6,13314.853rd
Cambridge Atinuke Bankole Cambridge Teacher [26] 10,41424.613rd
Elgin—Middlesex—London Kathy Cornish Union official (SEIU) [27] 9,20122.273rd
Essex Taras Natyshak Belle River Union official (LIUNA)17,41737.991st
Guelph James Gordon Guelph Musician11,15023.883rd
Haldimand—Norfolk Ian Nichols8,04819.422nd
Huron—Bruce Grant Robertson9,32920.853rd
Kitchener Centre Cameron Dearlove7,38518.823rd
Kitchener—Conestoga Mark CairnsONDP candidate for Kitchener—Conestoga in the 2007 provincial election 7,16517.573rd
Kitchener—Waterloo Isabel Cisterna8,25016.673rd
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Joe Hill8,88220.963rd
London—Fanshawe Teresa Armstrong London Insurance professional13,95340.771st
London North Centre Steve HolmesONDP candidate for London North Centre in the 2007 provincial election 9,91422.713rd
London West Jeff Buchanan10,75721.723rd
Oxford Dorothy Marie Eisen5,88515.633rd
Perth—Wellington Ellen Papenburg Drayton Small business owner [28] 5,83615.763rd
Sarnia—Lambton Brian White10,30725.452nd
Wellington—Halton Hills Dale HamiltonFormer Member of Eramosa Town Council Eramosa 6,10614.453rd
Windsor—Tecumseh Andrew McAvoy Green Party of Ontario candidate for Windsor—Tecumseh in the 2007 provincial election 12,22832.842nd
Windsor West Helmi CharifONDP candidate for Windsor—Tecumseh in the 2007 provincial election Windsor 10,54430.832nd

By-elections

Riding
Candidate's NameNotesResidenceOccupationVotes%Rank
Vaughan Paul DonofrioBy-election on September 6, 2012, due to the resignation of Greg Sorbara.3,64711.383
Kitchener—Waterloo Catherine Fife By-election on September 6, 2012, due to the resignation of Elizabeth Witmer.18,59939.871
London West Peggy Sattler By-election on August 1, 2013, due to the resignation of Chris Bentley.15,50341.881
Windsor—Tecumseh Percy Hatfield By-election on August 1, 2013, due to the resignation of Dwight Duncan.15,69361.311
Ottawa South Bronwyn FunicielloBy-election on August 1, 2013, due to the resignation of Dalton McGuinty.5,03014.273
Etobicoke—Lakeshore P.C. ChooBy-election on August 1, 2013, due to the resignation of Laurel Broten.2,7057.823
Scarborough—Guildwood Adam Giambrone By-election on August 1, 2013, due to the resignation of Margarett Best.7,01028.373
Niagara Falls Wayne Gates By-election on February 13, 2014, due to the resignation of Kim Craitor. Niagara Falls City Councillor 14,52639.441
Thornhill Cindy HackelbergBy-election on February 13, 2014, due to the resignation of Peter Shurman.1,8966.793

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