A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Kitchener Centre in Ontario on November 30, 2023, to elect a new member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the resignation of NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo.[1]
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Riding of Kitchener Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 27.28% ( 18.94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kitchener City Councillor Aislinn Clancy gained the seat for the Ontario Greens. Clancy is the second member of the Ontario Greens to be elected in the province, following party leader Mike Schreiner.[2] In addition, the by-election featured 18 candidates, the largest-ever number of candidates in an Ontario riding election.[3] Clancy defeated fellow city councillor Debbie Chapman who was the NDP candidate.[4]
Results
| Ontario provincial by-election, November 30, 2023: Kitchener Centre Resignation of Laura Mae Lindo | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Green | Aislinn Clancy | 11,334 | 47.99 | +35.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Debbie Chapman | 6,312 | 26.73 | -13.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Elliott | 3,109 | 13.16 | -13.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Kelly Steiss | 1,821 | 7.71 | -7.01 | ||||
| New Blue | Paul Simoes | 532 | 2.25 | -2.96 | ||||
| Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 178 | 0.75 | |||||
| None of the Above | Mark Dickson | 61 | 0.26 | |||||
| Special Needs | Lionel Wayne Poizner | 48 | 0.20 | |||||
| Electoral Reform | Peter House | 43 | 0.18 | |||||
| Independent | Albert Michel Benlolo | 34 | 0.14 | |||||
| Public Benefit | Jonathan Davis | 33 | 0.14 | |||||
| Independent | Patrick Strzalkowski | 23 | 0.10 | |||||
| Populist | Mario Greco | 22 | 0.09 | |||||
| Independent | Paul Stewart | 18 | 0.08 | |||||
| Independent | Ali Engering | 16 | 0.07 | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 13 | 0.06 | |||||
| Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 11 | 0.05 | |||||
| People's Front | Raymond Samuels | 8 | 0.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,616 | 99.34 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 156 | 0.66 | -0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,772 | 27.28 | -18.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,151 | |||||||
| Green gain from New Democratic | Swing | +24.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5][6] | ||||||||
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