This page was exported from King Weekly Sentinel [ https://kingsentinel.com ] Export date:Fri Feb 28 16:40:16 2025 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Large win margins for King’s incumbent MPPs --------------------------------------------------- By Mark PavilonsEditorLocal JournalismInitiative Reporter Both of King's MPPs were re-elected by large margins over their opponents, in Thursday's provincial election.The majority victory for Doug Ford's Conservatives saw voter confidence grow locally, giving both Conservative politicians a renewed mandate.Stephen Lecce took King-Vaughan handily, earning 28,529 votes, for a 64.18% share of the vote.He had a 16,077-vote margin over Liberal candidate Gillian Vivona, who collected 12,452 votes or 28%.NDP Rick Morelli was third with 1,714 votes, or a 3.86% share.Green Party candidate Ann Raney was 4th, earning 933 votes and a 2.1% share.Christopher Bressi, New Blue Party candidate, came in 5th with 569 votes, or 1.28% of the vote. Maria Morgis pulled up the rear with 256 votes, or .58% of the vote.In King-Vaughan there were 111,214 registered voters and voter turnout this time was 39.97%.In York-Simcoe, incumbent Caroline Mulroney's showing was equally strong. She earned 24,705 votes, for 59.4% of the vote. She held a 14,768-vote margin over the Liberal candidate Fatima Chaudhry, who pulled in 9,937 votes for a 23.89% share.NDP candidate Justin Graham was next with 3,216 votes, or a 7.73% share of the vote.Green candidate Jennifer Baron was 4th with just over 2,000 votes and a 4.82 share.New Blue Party candidate Brent Fellman was next with 841 votes, or a 2% share.Libertarian candidate Sean Conroy followed with 434 votes; just over 1% of the vote.Ontario Party candidate Alana Hollander was next with 317 votes and Ontario Moderate Party candidate Franco Colavecchia was last with 138 votes.York-Simcoe had a 40% voter turnout with 103,146 registered electors. --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- Excerpt: Both of King’s MPPs were re-elected by large margins over their opponents, in Thursday’s provincial election. The majority victory for Doug Ford’s Conservatives saw voter confidence grow locally, giving both Conservative politicians a renewed mandate. --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2025-02-28 11:37:38 Post date GMT: 2025-02-28 16:37:38 Post modified date: 2025-02-28 11:37:40 Post modified date GMT: 2025-02-28 16:37:40 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com