French wins for NDP in Oshawa; the only blip in a blue sweep of Durham ridings
Published June 2, 2022 at 8:04 pm
Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa & Durham election results
Jennifer French (NDP) will hang onto her seat in the Oshawa Riding and prevent a Blue sweep in Durham, depite polls calling for her to finish in third place.
French, who was locked in a battle with Alex Down (PC) all night, won by 757 votes in one of just two close races in Durham Region.
This will be her third term in office.
The other was in Ajax, where Patrice Barnes will take the seat left vacated by Rod Phillips. With all 41 polls reporting, Barnes has defeated Liberal Amber Bowen by 1,775 votes.
Barnes has served as a trustee for the Durham District School Board since 2014.
The other three races were runaways, with Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy (PC) declared in Pickering-Uxbridge with a nearly 7,000-plus margin; Whitby incumbent Lorne Coe (PC) taking Whitby again easily and newcomer Todd McCarthy (PC) sweeping to victory in Durham Riding.
Bethlenfalvy had no problem dealing with Liberal Ibrahim Daniyal in Pickering-Uxbridge, taking 44.43 per of the total vote. Coe got off to a slow start but his momentum carried him to a landslide victory by more than 13,000 votes and a 48.51 per cent of the vote, the largest margin of victory in the region. McCarthy, a prominent lawyer who finished second to Liberal Ryan Turnbull in Whitby in the recent federal election, won his way to Queen’s Park by a whopping 10,337 votes, a 45.85 per cent plurality. The seat was held by Lindsey Park, who was elected as a Tory but ended her term as an independent.
David Piccini, whose Northumberland-Peterborough South riding takes in part of Clarington, regained his seat for the Conservatives as well. Piccini carried 50.95 per cent of the vote.
Pickering-Uxbridge 55/55
Peter Bethlenfalvy, PC (Inc.) 19,208
Ibrahim Daniyal, LIB 12,345
Khalid Ahmed, NDP 6,934
Julia Rondinone, GRN 2,266
Lisa Robinson, ONP 1,790
Elizabeth Tallis, NBP 543
Hasan Syed, CPO 76
Netalia Duboisky, OMP 70
Ajax 41/41
Patrice Barnes, PC 15,336
Amber Bowen, LIB 13,561
Christine Santos, NDP 6,291
Neil Runnalls, GRN 1,305
Garry Reader, NBP 625
Aaron Hopkins, ONP 330
Intab Ali, IND 127
Allen Hedley, IND 113
Whitby 61/61
Lorne Coe, PC (Inc.) 24,194
Sara Labelle, NDP 10,826
Aadil Mohammed, LIB 10,303
Stephanie Leblanc, GRN 2,605
Trystan Lackner, NBP 1,006
Emile Labaj, ONP 546
Douglas Thom, FP 203
Christopher Rinella, IND 184
Oshawa
Jennifer French, NDP (Inc.) 17,170
Alex Down, PC 16,413
Catherine Mosca, LIB 3,726
Katarina Dunham, GRN 1,641
Darryl Janssen, NBO 1,006
Dave Forsythe, ONP 843
Durham – 62/62
Todd McCarthy, PC 22,613
Granville Anderson, LIB 12,276
Chris Borgia, NDP 9,168
Mini Batra, GRN 1,981
Spencer Ford, NBP 1,898
Tony Stravato, IND 699
Lou DeVuono, ONP 686
Northumberland-Peterborough South 104/104
David Piccini PC (Inc.) 26,209
Jeff Kawzenuk, LIB 12,861
Kim McArthur-Jackson, NDP 6,721
Lisa Francis, GRN 2,918
Vanessa Head, ONP 1,573
Joshua Chalhoub, ONB 1,155
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