STAFF WRITER
Incumbent John Jordan will return as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston.
The Progressive Conservative candidate received 22,901 votes in the provincial election on Feb. 27, where Doug Ford secured a third term as premier after calling a snap vote. 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.
Jordan won with 49.34 per cent of the vote, defeating Liberal candidate Rob Rainer by a margin of 7,741 votes. Rainer secured 32.66 per cent.
Ontario NDP candidate John MacRae placed third with 4,845 votes, or 10.44 per cent.
Green Party candidate Marlene Spruyt received 1,552 votes, while Ontario Party candidate Wendy Dillistone-Whitaker had 950.
David Motton of the New Blue Party earned 682 votes, and Independent candidate Shane O’Neill received 321.
In this riding, 90,332 people were eligible to vote, with 51.38 per cent casting a ballot. That figure does not include eligible voters who were not registered.
