Rick Dykstra

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Rick Dykstra
President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
In office
March 10, 2016 –January 28, 2018		Expenditures
Liberal Chris Bittle 24,87043.18+22.49$100,562.32
Conservative Rick Dykstra21,63737.57-13.09$188,880.75
New Democratic Susan Erskine-Fournier9,51116.51-7.44$30,053.13
Green Jim Fannon1,4882.58-1.25–
Communist Saleh Waziruddin850.15-0.05–
Total valid votes/Expense limit57,591100.0 $222,166.81
Total rejected ballots243––
Turnout57,834––
Eligible voters84,474
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +17.79
Source: Elections Canada [35] [36] [37]
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rick Dykstra25,57150.9%2,087$86,316.87
New Democratic Mike Williams11,97323.8%2,545$6,754.54
Liberal Andrew Gill10,35820.6%-4,294$76,632.64
Green Jennifer Mooradian1,9243.8%-1,553$2,828.62
Communist Saleh Waziruddin910.2%-22$502.88
Christian Heritage Dave Bylsma3570.7%357$8,053.79
Total valid votes50,274
Rejected ballots226
Turnout50,500
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rick Dykstra23,47445.9%1,770
Liberal Walt Lastewka 14,65228.6%-6,775
New Democratic George Addision9,42818.4%-2,405
Green Jim Fannon3,4776.8%1,163
Communist Sam Hammond1130.2%146
Total valid votes51,144
Rejected ballots161
Turnout51,305
2006 Canadian federal election : St. Catharines
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Rick Dykstra 21,66837.5+2.8$78,093.76
Liberal Walt Lastewka 21,42437.0−3.4$76,408.07
New Democratic Jeff Burch11,84920.5+1.2$15,482.42
Green Jim Fannon2,3064.0+0.3$991.15
Christian Heritage Bill Bylsma4990.9−0.5$8,736.24
Marxist–Leninist Elaine Couto1000.2+0.1
Total valid votes57,846 100.0
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
1997 St. Catharines municipal election : Mayor
CandidateVotes%
Tim Rigby 14,19342.32
Rick Dykstra 11,18133.34
Tom Derreck8,16224.34
Total valid votes33,536100.00

Dykstra was elected to the St. Catharines city council for Ward Four (St. Patrick's Ward) in 1991 and 1994.

All federal election information is taken from Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures refer to submitted totals, and are presented when the final reviewed totals are not available.

The 1997 municipal results are taken from the Hamilton Spectator, November 11, 1997, B9. The final official results were not significantly different.

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  2. ↑ "Dykstra, Allen lose their seats | St. Catharines Standard". Archived from the original on October 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ St. Catharines overview, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC Canada Votes 2006.
  4. ↑ Larry Dykstra was listed as president of Dykstra Landscaping and Greenhouses in a 2002 newspaper article. See "Thousands of flowers from St. Catharines head to U.S. for Sept. 11 services", The Canadian Press, September 4, 2002, 13:46 report. He is also active with the Conservative Party.
  5. ↑ Richard Mackie, "Rae considers gas tax cut to combat U.S. shopping", The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1992, A5.
  6. ↑ "Library won't lend book on Bernardo", Toronto Star, October 13, 1996, A15.
  7. ↑ David Reevely, "Baird vows to repay bar bills", Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 2002, F3.
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  10. ↑ Carol Phillips, "Niagara West-Glanbrook to the wire", Hamilton Spectator, June 29, 2004, A19.
  11. ↑ Rick Dykstra – Parliament of Canada biography
  12. ↑ The Standing Committee on Finance released its report Taxing Income Trusts: Reconcilable or Irreconcilable differences? Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine on February 28, 2007, following the committee's hearings in January and February 2007 examining the proposed changes in rules on Income Trust taxation. Dykstra co-authored the Dissenting Opinion of the Conservative Party of Canada which recommended:
    The federal government implement the Tax Fairness Plan as outlined in Ways and Means Motion No. 10 – including a 31.5% tax on income trust distributions, a four-year transition period for existing trusts, and pension income splitting for seniors – adopted November 7, 2006 with the support of the majority of the House of Commons.
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  26. ↑ "Conservative incumbent Rick Dysktra denies buying vodka for teens at nightclub". CBC Hamilton. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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  35. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for St. Catharines, 30 September 2015
  36. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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