2008 Provincial Election Results for Southwestern Ontario 

RIDING CANDIDATE PARTY

Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale Ted McMeekin (Re-elected) Liberal

Brampton-Springdale Linda Jeffrey (Re-elected) Liberal

Brampton West Vic Phillon (Re-elected) Liberal

Brant Dave Levac (Elected) Liberal

Burlington Joyce Savoline (Re-elected) Conservative

Cambridge Gerry Martiniuk (Re-elected) Conservative

Chatham-Kent-Essex Pat Hoy (Re-elected) Liberal

Elgin-Middlesex-London Steve Peters (Re-elected) Liberal

Essex Bruce Crozier (Re-elected) Liberal

Guelph Liz Sandals (Re-elected) Liberal

Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant Toby Barrett (Re-elected) Conservative

Halton Ted Chudleigh (Re-elected) Conservative

Hamilton Centre Andrea Horwath (Re-elected) New Democratic

Hamilton Mountain Sophia Aggelonitis (Elected) Liberal

Hamilton East-Stoney Creek Paul Miller (Elected) New Democratic

Kitchener Centre John Milloy (Re-elected) Liberal

Kitchener-Conestoga Leeanna Pendergast (Elected) Liberal

Kitchener-Waterloo Elizabeth Witmer (Re-elected) Conservative

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Maria Van Bommel (Re-elected) Liberal

London North Centre Deborah Matthews (Re-elected) Liberal

London West Christopher Bentley (Re-elected) Liberal

London-Fanshawe Khalil Ramal (Re-elected) Liberal

Mississauga-Erindale Harinder S. Takhar (Re-elected) Liberal

Mississauga East-Cooksville Peter Fonseca (Re-elected) Liberal

Mississauga-Brampton South Amrit Mangat (Elected) Liberal

Mississauga-Streetsville Bob Delaney (Re-elected) Liberal

Mississauga South Charles Sousa (Elected) Liberal

Niagara Falls Kim Craitor (Re-elected) Liberal

Niagara West-Glanbrook Tim Hudak (Re-elected) Conservative

Oakville Kevinn Flynn (Re-elected) Liberal

Sarnia-Lambton Bob Bailey (Elected) Conservative

St. Chatharines James Bradley (Re-elected) Liberal

Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Jim Brownell (Elected) Liberal

Welland Peter Kormos (Re-elected) New Democratic

Wellington-Halton Hills Ted Arnott (Re-elected) Conservative

Windsor West Sandra Pupatello (Re-elected) Liberal

Windsor-Tecumseh Dwight Duncan (Re-elected) Liberal

More obscure parties were involved in the Ontario election

Along with the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals, New Democrats and Green Party, the following parties had candidates running in the 2007 Ontario election:

Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) (COM): Block the right! Elect a democratic majority; communism.

Leader: Elizabeth Rowley

Website: www.communist-party.ca

Candidates: 8

Confederation of Regions Party (COR): Places emphasis on real democracy and the need to ensure politicians do not ignore
the people in favour of party solidarity or the self-serving need to be re-elected.

Leader: n/a

Website: http://home.mountaincable.net/~galloway/cor/index.html

Candidates: 1 

Family Coalition Party of Ontario (FCP): Adheres to principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of the law.  Candidates must be pro-life and pro-family (as defined in their policies).

Leader: Giuseppe Gori

Website: www.familycoalitionparty.com

Candidates: 83 

Freedom Party of Ontario (FRE):  Indicate top priorities include — Scrap Ontario’s income tax; legalize faster, better health care (public/private insurance, pay as you go); improve education (pay for the school your child attends); improve electricity, scrap property taxes.

Leader: Paul McKeever

Website: www.freedomparty.ca

Candidates: 15 

Ontario Libertarian Party (LBT):  Campaigned on a platform to reduce government in our lives and economy, e.g. end all government participation in education, health care and other state services.

Leader: Sam Applebaum

Website: www.libertarian.on.ca

Candidates: 25 

Party for People with Special Needs (PSN): No other information available.

Candidates: 2 

Reform Party of Ontario (RFM):  Political ideology is populism, conservatism, neo-conservatism and social conservatism.

Leader: Bradley Harness

Website: n/a

Candidates: 2 

Republican Party of Ontario (RPO):  A grassroots based organization that is committed to the ownership and operation of all STATE/CROWN sole and aggregate corporations directly by the sovereign common men and women of our local communities.

Leader: n/a

Website: http://republicanpartyofontario.ca

Candidates: 2 

Independent Candidates: 18

Ontario Election 2007 Public Opinion Polls

From Sept. 9–Oct. 7, 2007

DATE LIB PC NDP GRN OTH MOE FIRM

2007/10/07 42 31 17 10 — ± 3.7 Harris-Decima

2007/10/07 43 31 18 9 — ± 4.4 SES Research

2007/10/07 42 27 19 11 — ± 3.4 Strategic Counsel

2007/10/06 43 32 18 6 — ± 3.5 Ipsos-Reid

2007/10/05 40 34 19 7 — ± 3.2 Angus Reid Strategies

2007/10/01 43 32 14 10 — ± 3.7 Decima

2007/09/30 44 34 15 7 — ± 4.7 SES Research

2007/09/27 43 33 17 6 — ± 3.5 Ipsos-Reid

2007/09/25 39 34 20 7 — ± 4.4 Environics

2007/09/25 40 35 16 8 — ± 3.7 Angus Reid Strategies

2007/09/25 41 32 16 10 — ± 3.5 Decima

2007/09/23 41 33 18 8 — ± 4.9 SES Research

2007/09/18 40 37 18 6 — ± 3.5 Ipsos-Reid

2007/09/17 41 32 14 12 — ± 3.7 Decima

2007/09/16 40 34 16 10 — ± 3.4 Strategic Counsel

2007/09/13 40 37 16 6 — ± 3.5 Ipsos –Reid

2007/09/09 39 35 17 — — ± 4.4 Environics

SOURCE: www.nodice.ca