Riding Profile:
Candidates:
| Liberal Party: |
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Sharon McCrae |
| Progressive Conservative Party: |
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Hon. Chris Hodgson MPP |
| New Democratic Party: |
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Rick Denyer |
| Natural Law Party: |
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Maxim Newby |
| Freedom Party: |
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Charles Olito |
| Independent: |
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Brad Bradmore |
Incumbent (old riding composition):
| Victoria Haliburton (99%): |
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Hon. Chris Hodgson |
| Durham East (6%): |
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John O'Toole |
| Durham York (12%): |
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Julia Munro |
| Hastings Peterborough (11%): |
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Harry Danford |
| Peterborough (7%): |
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Gary Stewart |
Member of Parliament:
Surrounding Ridings
Durham
Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge
Simcoe North
York North
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox-Addington
Northumberland
Peterborough
Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke
Misc:
| Population: |
100 978 |
| Avg Household Income |
42 507 |
| Language (Home) |
| English |
98 380 |
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03/13/99 |
OEP |
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| Chris Hodgson won 68.42% of the vote (3rd highest in the Province) and defeated his Liberal opponent Sharon McCrae by 18,987 votes in 1995. I call this a safe seat. |
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04/08/99 |
A.S. |
Email: adma@interlog.com |
| Hodgson, purportedly Iron Mike's heir apparent, soared from a "surprise" byelection win in '94 to a more than 50-point margin over the same Liberal opponent in '95. Also, this is the weakest '97 riding the federal Libs hold in Ontario (34%, with only a 2-point margin over Reform). Smells like prime grade "A" Tory country--the old hallowed land of sensible-shoes 50s premier Leslie Frost. Funny thing is, Liberal John Eakins claimed it for years until 1990, and then the locals fell giddily in love with NDP maverick Dennis Drainville, giving him all but a handful of polls (ah, those were the days...). But Hodgson's rebuilt the old PC machine with extra-strength epoxy, and those Bobcaygeon residents aren't so tragically hip that they'd defeat those square old Tories, huh? Welcome back, Leslie Frost, it's like you never left... |
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