The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario fielded a full slate of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario general election. The party, which had been in power since 1995, won twenty-four seats to become the official opposition in the sitting of the legislature that followed.
Candidates
Riding | Candidate's Name | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
Algoma—Manitoulin | Terry McCutcheon | | 5,168 | 17.33 | 3rd | |
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot | Mark Mullins | | 18,141 | 37.42 | 2nd | Ran for the Reform Party in Hamilton—Wentworth in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[1] |
Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford | Joe Tascona | | 31,529 | 51.78 | 1st | Incumbent |
Beaches—East York | Angela Kennedy | Registered Nurse[2] | 8,157 | 19.67 | 3rd | Later chaired the Toronto Catholic District School Board on two occasions.[3] |
Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale | Raminder Gill | | 15,549 | 36.73 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Brampton Centre | Joe Spina | | 15,656 | 40.86 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Brampton West—Mississauga | Tony Clement | | 26,414 | 42.17 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Health and Long-Term Care |
Brant | Alayne Sokoloski | | 13,618 | 30.65 | 2nd | Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[4] |
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Bill Murdoch | | 23,338 | 52.07 | 1st | Incumbent |
Burlington | Cam Jackson | | 21,506 | 46.15 | 1st | Incumbent; resigned seat on 28 September 2006 |
Cambridge | Gerry Martiniuk | | 19,996 | 42.50 | 1st | Incumbent |
Chatham-Kent—Essex | Dave Wilkinson | | 11,586 | 29.82 | 2nd | |
Davenport | Tom Smith | | 1,977 | 7.46 | 3rd | |
Don Valley East | Paul Sutherland | | 12,027 | 32.03 | 2nd | |
Don Valley West | David Turnbull | | 17,394 | 38.95 | 2nd | Incumbent; Associate Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation |
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | Ernie Eves | | 29,222 | 56.64 | 1st | Incumbent; party leader and Premier of Ontario; resigned seat on 1 February 2005 |
Durham | John O'Toole | | 23,814 | 47.09 | 1st | Incumbent |
Eglinton—Lawrence | Corinne Korzen | | 12,402 | 29.72 | 2nd | |
Elgin—Middlesex—London | Bruce Smith | | 13,149 | 30.25 | 2nd | |
Erie—Lincoln | Tim Hudak | | 20,348 | 48.49 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Consumer and Business Services |
Essex | Patrick O'Neil | | 11,234 | 24.74 | 3rd | |
Etobicoke Centre | Rose Andrachuk | | 17,610 | 39.43 | 2nd | |
Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Morley Kells | | 14,524 | 32.59 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Etobicoke North | Baljit Gosal | | 6,978 | 22.52 | 2nd | |
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Albert Bourdeau | | 10,921 | 24.88 | 2nd | |
Guelph—Wellington | Brenda Elliott | | 20,735 | 37.08 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Community, Family and Social Services |
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant | Toby Barrett | | 20,109 | 46.10 | 1st | Incumbent |
Haliburton—Victoria—Brock | Laurie Scott | | 24,297 | 47.41 | 1st | |
Halton | Ted Chudleigh | | 33,610 | 48.20 | 1st | Incumbent |
Hamilton East | Sohail Bhatti | | 4,033 | 13.13 | 3rd | |
Hamilton Mountain | Shakil Hassan | | 8,637 | 19.02 | 3rd | |
Hamilton West | Doug Brown | | 8,185 | 20.97 | 3rd | |
Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Barry Gordon | Auctioneer[5] | 13,709 | 33.01 | 2nd | Member of the Pittsburgh Township council from 1980 to 1988 and reeve from 1989 to 1994.[6] Ran for the Progressive Conservative Party in Kingston and the Islands in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[7] |
Huron—Bruce | Helen Johns | | 16,594 | 38.23 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Agriculture and Food |
Kenora—Rainy River | Cathe Hoszowski | | 3,343 | 12.83 | 3rd | |
Kingston and the Islands | Hans Westenberg | | 9,640 | 20.12 | 2nd | |
Kitchener Centre | Wayne Wettlaufer | | 16,120 | 37.57 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Kitchener—Waterloo | Elizabeth Witmer | | 23,957 | 43.08 | 1st | Incumbent; Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education |
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Marcel Beaubien | | 15,060 | 36.66 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Lanark—Carleton | Norm Sterling | | 29,641 | 48.99 | 1st | Incumbent; Attorney General and Minister responsible for Native Affairs |
Leeds—Grenville | Bob Runciman | | 21,443 | 48.70 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Public Safety and Security |
London—Fanshawe | Frank Mazzilli | | 11,777 | 30.35 | 3rd | Incumbent |
London North Centre | Dianne Cunningham | | 13,460 | 28.92 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister responsible for Women's Issues |
London West | Bob Wood | | 15,463 | 31.11 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Markham | David Tsubouchi | | 21,257 | 40.33 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Culture |
Mississauga Centre | Rob Sampson | | 15,846 | 40.72 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Mississauga East | Carl DeFaria | | 13,832 | 40.35 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Citizenship and Minister responsible for Senior Citizens |
Mississauga South | Margaret Marland | | 16,977 | 43.20 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Mississauga West | Nina Tangri | | 20,406 | 37.18 | 2nd | |
Nepean—Carleton | John Baird | | 31,662 | 54.06 | 1st | Incumbent; Government House Leader and Minister of Energy; resigned seat on 29 November 2005 |
Niagara Centre | Ann Gronski | | 12,526 | 26.70 | 3rd | |
Niagara Falls | Bart Maves | | 15,353 | 38.06 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Nickel Belt | Dave Kilgour | | 4,804 | 13.49 | 3rd | |
Nipissing | Al McDonald | | 14,978 | 41.47 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Northumberland | Doug Galt | | 17,816 | 39.37 | 2nd | Incumbent; Chief Government Whip and Minister without Portfolio |
Oak Ridges | Frank Klees | | 32,647 | 47.27 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Transportation |
Oakville | Kurt Franklin | | 18,991 | 42.18 | 2nd | |
Oshawa | Jerry Ouellette | | 14,566 | 37.32 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Natural Resources |
Ottawa Centre | Joe Varner | Policy Advisor[8] | 11,217 | 22.69 | 3rd | Spouse of Lisa MacLeod |
Ottawa—Orléans | Brian Coburn | | 20,762 | 41.32 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Tourism and Recreation |
Ottawa South | Richard Raymond | | 16,413 | 34.43 | 2nd | |
Ottawa—Vanier | Maurice Lamirande | | 10,878 | 26.24 | 2nd | Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[9] |
Ottawa West—Nepean | Garry Guzzo | | 20,277 | 41.24 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Oxford | Ernie Hardeman | | 18,656 | 44.06 | 1st | Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Rural Affairs |
Parkdale—High Park | Stephen Snell | | 6,436 | 16.18 | 2nd | |
Parry Sound—Muskoka | Norm Miller | | 18,776 | 48.51 | 1st | Incumbent |
Perth—Middlesex | Bert Johnson | | 15,680 | 39.36 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Peterborough | Gary Stewart | | 18,418 | 33.46 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge | Janet Ecker | | 23,960 | 43.91 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Finance |
Prince Edward—Hastings | John Williams | | 12,800 | 32.02 | 2nd | |
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | John Yakabuski | | 19,274 | 44.14 | 1st | |
Sarnia—Lambton | Henk Vanden Ende | | 11,852 | 30.99 | 2nd | |
Sault Ste. Marie | Bruce Willson | | 2,674 | 7.61 | 3rd | |
Scarborough—Agincourt | Yolanda Chan | | 11,337 | 30.08 | 2nd | |
Scarborough Centre | Marilyn Mushinski | | 11,686 | 28.04 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Scarborough East | Steve Gilchrist | | 14,323 | 33.84 | 2nd | Incumbent |
Scarborough—Rouge River | Kevin Moore | | 9,468 | 25.21 | 2nd | |
Scarborough Southwest | Dan Newman | | 11,826 | 31.71 | 2nd | Incumbent; Associate Minister of Health and Long-Term Care |
Simcoe—Grey | Jim Wilson | | 26,114 | 51.47 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Environment |
Simcoe North | Garfield Dunlop | | 23,393 | 46.13 | 1st | Incumbent |
St. Catharines | Mark Brickell | Regional Councillor[10] | 12,932 | 29.34 | 2nd | |
St. Paul's | Charis Kelso | | 11,203 | 24.65 | 2nd | |
Stoney Creek | Brad Clark | | 19,517 | 38.58 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Labour |
Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh | Todd Lalonde | | 13,948 | 36.50 | 2nd | |
Sudbury | Mila Wong | Executive Director[11] | 5,068 | 14.19 | 2nd | Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[12] Also ran for the Greater Sudbury municipal council in the 2000 Greater Sudbury municipal election.[13] |
Thornhill | Tina Molinari | | 20,623 | 45.16 | 2nd | Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Urban Affairs |
Thunder Bay—Atikokan | Brian McKinnon | | 5,365 | 17.62 | 3rd | |
Thunder Bay—Superior North | Brent Sylvester | | 2,912 | 9.62 | 3rd | |
Timiskaming—Cochrane | Rick Brassard | | 6,330 | 20.38 | 2nd | |
Timmins—James Bay | Merv Russell | | 2,527 | 8.41 | 3rd | |
Toronto Centre—Rosedale | John Adams | | 9,968 | 22.04 | 2nd | |
Toronto—Danforth | George Sardelis | | 6,562 | 16.95 | 3rd | |
Trinity—Spadina | Helena Guergis | | 4,985 | 12.29 | 3rd | |
Vaughan—King—Aurora | Carmine Iacono | | 21,744 | 33.06 | 2nd | |
Waterloo—Wellington | Ted Arnott | | 22,550 | 48.97 | 1st | Incumbent |
Whitby—Ajax | Jim Flaherty | | 27,240 | 48.33 | 1st | Incumbent; Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation; resigned seat in November 2005 |
Willowdale | David Young | | 19,957 | 42.95 | 2nd | Incumbent; Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing |
Windsor—St. Clair | Matt Bufton | Marketing Coordinator[14] | 4,162 | 11.61 | 3rd | |
Windsor West | Derek Insley | | 4,187 | 11.90 | 3rd | Ran in Ottawa West in 1987 Ontario general election.[15] |
York Centre | Dan Cullen | | 7,862 | 24.83 | 2nd | |
York North | Julia Munro | | 24,517 | 47.19 | 1st | Incumbent |
York South—Weston | Stephen Halicki | | 4,930 | 15.23 | 3rd | |
York West | Ted Aver | | 2,330 | 10.03 | 3rd | |
Candidates in by-elections held between 2003 and 2007
Date | Riding | Candidate's Name | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
2004 05 13 | Hamilton East | Tara Crugnale | | 1,772 | 7.42 | 3rd | |
2005 03 17 | Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | John Tory | | 15,893 | 56.67 | 1st | Party leader |
2005 11 25 | Scarborough—Rouge River | Cynthia Lai | | 4,268 | 25.86 | 2nd | |
2006 03 30 | Nepean—Carleton | Lisa MacLeod | | 17,312 | 57.57 | 1st | |
2006 03 30 | Scarborough—Rouge River | Georgina Blanas | | 2,740 | 10.03 | 3rd | |
2006 03 30 | Whitby—Ajax | Christine Elliott | | 15,799 | 46.21 | 1st | |
2006 09 14 | Parkdale—High Park | David Hutcheon | | 4,943 | 17.33 | 3rd | |
2007 02 08 | Burlington | Joyce Savoline | | 11,146 | 49.00 | 1st | |
2007 02 08 | Markham | Alex Yuan | | 6,426 | 34.89 | 2nd | |
2007 02 08 | York South—Weston | Pina Martino | | 1,917 | 10.18 | 3rd | |
Source for election results: Election Results, Elections Ontario, accessed 2 November 2021.
References
- ^ Parlinfo: Elections and Ridings (Hamilton--Wentworth, Ontario (1968-04-23 - 1997-04-26)), Parliament of Canada, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Angela Kennedy", Toronto Star, 15 August 2007, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ About The Trustee - Angela Kennedy, Toronto Catholic District School Board, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 914.
- ^ Nomination Meetings 2003, Frontenac News, 20 March 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Nomination Meetings 2003, Frontenac News, 20 March 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Parlinfo: Elections and Ridings (Kingston and the Islands, Ontario (1968-04-23 - )), Parliament of Canada, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ F. Abbas Rana, "‘This is a race between Richard Patten and Joe Varner’", The Hill Times, 8 September 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 918.
- ^ Calum McNeil, "Brock graduate runs for provincial legislature" Archived 2007-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Brock Press, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Harold Carmichael, "Holiday food drive expands: Organizers aim to collect seven tons of food", Sudbury Star, 18 November 1999, A3; Liane Beam, "Name change causes confusion", Sudbury Star, 13 December 2000, A5; Kevin O'Brien, "Jarrett Value 2 store a resounding success", Sudbury Star, 11 December 2001, B2.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 920.
- ^ Chris Polehoykie, "Residents grill candidates on south-end water woes", Sudbury Star, 2 November 2000, A1. See "Election Forum", Sudbury Star, 11 November 2000, C1.
- ^ Windsor Star, 23 September 2003.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 1988, (Kanata: Normandin), p. 1066.