By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. By-elections were held in three electoral districts (ridings): Burlington, Markham and York South–Weston.[1]
The by-elections resulted in York South-Weston being taken by the NDP from the Liberals, Burlington remaining Progressive Conservative and Markham being retained by the Liberals.
Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the ridings used the same boundaries as the 2003 general election. The upcoming October 10, 2007 general election will be run on new electoral district boundaries, mostly following the new federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.[2] .
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The Burlington by-election was called following the resignation of Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cam Jackson. He resigned to make a successful run in Burlington's 2006 mayoralty election.[3] .
Information about candidates and parties[4] ]
| By-election, February 8, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Progressive Conservative | Joyce Savoline | 11,143 | 49.0% | +2.8% | |
| Liberal | Joan Lougheed | 9,365 | 41.2% | -1.0% | |
| New Democrat | Cory Judson | 1,310 | 5.8% | -1.4% | |
| Green | Frank de Jong | 734 | 3.2% | +0.9% | |
| Freedom | Barry Spruce | 106 | 0.5% | * | |
| Independent | John C. Turmel | 90 | 0.4% | * | |
The Markham by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Tony Wong. He resigned to make a successful run for one of the four York Region councillor seats in Markham's 2006 municipal election.[5].
Information about candidates and parties[6]
| By-election, February 8, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Liberal | Michael Chan | 9,080 | 49.3% | -1.4% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Alex Yuan | 6,420 | 34.9% | -5.4% | |
| New Democrat | Janice Hagan | 1,492 | 8.1% | +3.0% | |
| Green | Bernadette Manning | 999 | 5.4% | +3.8% | |
| Freedom | Cathy McKeever | 159 | 0.9% | * | |
| Family Coalition | Patrick Redmond | 135 | 0.7% | -0.6% | |
| Libertarian | Jay Miller | 126 | 0.7% | * | |
The York South–Weston by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Joe Cordiano. He stated the reason for his resignation was the need to spend more time with his family.[7]
Information about candidates and parties.[8]
| By-election, February 8, 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | +/- | |
| New Democrat | Paul Ferreira | 8,188 | 43.3% | +24.0% | |
| Liberal | Laura Albanese | 7,830 | 41.4% | -20.2% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Pina Martino | 1,941 | 10.3% | -4.9% | |
| Green | Mir Kamal | 262 | 1.4% | -1.1% | |
| Independent | Kevin Clarke | 220 | 1.2% | - | |
| Independent | Mohammed Choudhary | 142 | 0.8% | - | |
| Family Coalition | Mariangela Sanabria | 139 | 0.7% | -0.8% | |
| Libertarian | Nunzio Venuto | 98 | 0.5% | - | |
| Freedom | Wayne Simmons | 77 | 0.4% | - | |
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