STAFF WRITER
Incumbent Steve Clark will return as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Leeds-Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes after a decisive victory on Feb. 27 in the provincial election. Doug Ford secured a third term as premier after calling a snap vote.
Clark, the Progressive Conservative candidate, received 25,107 votes, or nearly 55 per cent. He won by 12,715 votes over Liberal candidate Lorna Jean Edmonds.
In Ontario, Merit Stiles’ NDP will remain the official Opposition, while Bonnie Crombie lost her race but will stay on as Liberal Party leader as the Liberals regained official party status.
Ontario NDP candidate Chris Wilson placed third with 4,471 votes, or 9.78 per cent.
Green Party candidate Fiona Jager received 2,083 votes, while New Blue Party candidate Chris Garrah had 741.
Ontario Party candidate Daniel Calabretta followed with 561 votes, and Libertarian Mark Snow received 342.
In this riding, 88,599 people were eligible to vote, with 51.58 per cent casting a ballot. That figure does not include eligible voters who were not registered.
