Ontario Election 2011 – All you need to know

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Ontarians will be going to the polls again tomorrow, looking to elect a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), who will represent them in the Legislative Assembly.

There are 107 electoral districts -also called 'ridings'– in Ontario. Each will be represented by an MPP. The leader of the party that wins the election will become the new Premier of Ontario.

Let's take a look at the candidates in the Waterloo Region. I also have a few cool links for you!

Los ontarianos vuelven a las urnas mañana para elegir a sus Miembros del Parlamento Provincial (MPP), quienes los representarán en la Asamblea Legislativa.

Hay 107 distritos electorales –comúnmente llamados ‘ridings’– en Ontario. Cada uno será representado por un MPP. El líder del partido que triunfe en las elecciones será ungido nuevo Premier de Ontario.

Démosle una mirada a los candidatos de la Región de Waterloo. También tengo otros links para ustedes!

Leader: Bob Rae (interim)	Leader: Stephen Harper	Leader: Nycole Turmel (int)
Provincial Leader: Dalton McGuinty Number of seats: 70 (65.42%)	Provincial Leader: Tim Hudak Number of seats: 25 (23.36%)	Provincial Leader: Andrea Horwath Number of seats: 10 (9.35%)
Leader: Elizabeth May	Vacant	Other / Independent
Provincial Leader: Mike Schreiner Number of seats: 0	Number of seats: 2 (1.87%)	Number of seats: 0

 

AROUND WATERLOO REGION

 

District 012 - Cambridge (map):

Rob Leone (Conservative)

Atinuke Bankole (NDP)

Kathryn McGarry (Liberal)

Jacques Malette (Green)

District 027 - Guelph:

Liz Sandals (Liberal)

Greg Schirk (Conservative)

James Gordon (NDP)

Steven Dyck (Green)

Phillip Bender (Libertarian Party)

Julian Ichim (Marxist - Leninist)

Drew Garvie (Communist)

What? No Marihuana Party candidates in Guelph? WTF!

District 037 - Kitchener Centre (map):

 

Dave MacDonald (Conservative)

John Milloy (Liberal)

Cameron Dearlove (NDP)

Mark Vercouteren (Green)

District 038 - Kitchener–Conestoga (map):

Michael Harris (Conservative)

Mark Cairns (NDP)

Leeanna Pendergast (Liberal)

Robert Rose (Green)

 District 039 - Kitchener–Waterloo (map):

Elizabeth Witmer (Conservative)

Eric Davis (Liberal)

Isabel Cisterna (NDP) *

J.D. McGuire (Green)

Peter Davis (Independent)

(*) Isabel Cisterna is Florencia’s godmother! :-)

 

District 099 - Wellington–Halton Hills:

Ted Arnott (Conservative)

Moya Johnson (Liberal)

Dale Hamilton (NDP)

Raymond Dartsch (Green)

 

For other districts please click here

 

 

MORE INFO   Elections Ontario site Where do I vote? How to vote Ontario Election – Platforms

 

POLITICAL PARTIES Communist Party = http://www.communist-party.ca Conservative Party of Ontario = http://www.ontariopc.com Green Party of Ontario = http://www.gpo.ca New Democratic Party = http://www.ontariondp.on.ca Ontario Liberal Party = http://www.ontarioliberal.com Ontario Libertarian Party = http://www.libertarian.on.ca

Source: Zoomers.ca

 

Sources: The Waterloo Region Record, Waterloo Region Votes, Elections Ontario, TVO 

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