Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates in the 2014 Ontario provincial election
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is one of the three largest political parties in Ontario, along with the Ontario NDP and the Liberal Party of Ontario running in the next Ontario provincial election. It has served as the Official Opposition since 2003, having previously formed two successive majority governments in 1995 and 1999.
The party has currently named 98 candidates.[1] Six ridings have not had a candidate named yet, while two have resigned [2] and one was fired.[3] The current leader of the party is Tim Hudak.
| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax—Pickering | Todd McCarthy | Lawyer | 14,999 | 29.17 | 2 | ||
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Jib Turner | 4,589 | 17.30 | 3 | |||
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Donna Skelly | Ancaster | Journalist | 18,252 | 33.83 | 2 | |
| Barrie | Rod Jackson | Incumbent MPP | Barrie | Human Resources Manager | 17,667 | 36.10 | 2 |
| Beaches—East York | Nicolas Johnson | Toronto | IT Consultant | 5,982 | 13.93 | 3 | |
| Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Harjit Jaswal | Brampton | Real Estate Agent, Teacher | 9,403 | 17.72 | 3 | |
| Brampton—Springdale | Pam Hundal | Party Vice-President | Brampton | Lawyer | 10,117 | 23.95 | 3 |
| Brampton West | Randeep Sandhu | Brampton | Business Owner | 13,363 | 24.34 | 2 | |
| Brant | Phil Gillies | Former MPP | Brantford | Consultant | 15,447 | 29.97 | 2 |
| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Bill Walker | Incumbent MPP | Hepworth | Nuclear Operations Manager | 20,359 | 47.55 | 1 |
| Burlington | Jane McKenna | Incumbent MPP | Burlington | Consultant | 20,086 | 36.98 | 2 |
| Cambridge | Rob Leone | Incumbent MPP | Cambridge | Professor | |||
| Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Jack MacLaren | Incumbent MPP | Ottawa | Engineer, Farmer | |||
| Chatham-Kent—Essex | Rick Nicholls | Incumbent MPP | Chatham-Kent | Development Organizer | |||
| Davenport | Lan Daniel | Toronto | Electronic Technician | ||||
| Don Valley East | Angela Kennedy | Super Caucus Chair | Toronto | Endocrinologist, School Trustee | |||
| Don Valley West | David Porter | Toronto | Chartered Accountant | ||||
| Dufferin—Caledon | Sylvia Jones | Caucus Chair, Incumbent MPP | Orangeville | ||||
| Durham | |||||||
| Eglinton—Lawrence | Robin Martin | Toronto | Lawyer | ||||
| Elgin—Middlesex—London | Jeff Yurek | Incumbent MPP | St. Thomas | Pharmacist, Teacher | |||
| Essex | |||||||
| Etobicoke Centre | Pina Martino | Toronto | Judge, Lawyer, Political Advisor | ||||
| Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Doug Holyday | Incumbent MPP | Toronto | Mayor, City Councillor | |||
| Etobicoke North | |||||||
| Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Roxanne Villeneuve Robertson | Glengarry | Political Staffer | ||||
| Guelph | Anthony MacDonald | ||||||
| Haldimand—Norfolk | Toby Barrett | Incumbent MPP | Norfolk | Teacher | |||
| Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Laurie Scott | Incumbent MPP | Nurse | ||||
| Halton | Ted Chudleigh | Incumbent MPP | Agriculturalist | ||||
| Hamilton Centre | John Vail | Hamilton | Accountant | ||||
| Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | |||||||
| Hamilton Mountain | |||||||
| Huron—Bruce | Lisa Thompson | Incumbent MPP | Rural Advisor | ||||
| Kenora—Rainy River | Randy Nickel | Kenora | Business Owner | ||||
| Kingston and the Islands | Mark Bain | Kingston | Archaeologist | ||||
| Kitchener Centre | Wayne Wettlaufer | Former MPP | Kitchener | Insurance Broker | |||
| Kitchener—Conestoga | Michael Harris | Incumbent MPP | Kitchener | Business Development Manager | |||
| Kitchener—Waterloo | Tracey Weiler | Waterloo | Consultant | ||||
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Monte McNaughton | Incumbent MPP | Mall Operator, Town Councillor | ||||
| Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Randy Hillier | Incumbent MPP | Lanark | Electrician | |||
| Leeds—Grenville | Steve Clark | Incumbent MPP | Brockville | Mayor | |||
| London—Fanshawe | Chris Robson | London | Veterinarian | ||||
| London North Centre | Nancy Branscombe | London | City Councillor | ||||
| London West | Ali Chabhar | London | Lawyer, Lecturer | ||||
| Markham—Unionville | Shan Thayaparan | Markham | Real Estate Agent | ||||
| Mississauga—Brampton South | Amarjeet Gill | ||||||
| Mississauga East—Cooksville | Zoran Churchin | ||||||
| Mississauga—Erindale | Jeff White | ||||||
| Mississauga South | Effie Triantafilopodadis | ||||||
| Mississauga—Streetsville | Nina Tangri | ||||||
| Nepean—Carleton | Lisa MacLeod | Incumbent MPP | Ottawa | Political Advisor | |||
| Newmarket—Aurora | Jane Twinney | Newmarket | Town Councillor | ||||
| Niagara Falls | Bart Maves | Former MPP | Niagara Falls | City Councillor | |||
| Niagara West—Glanbrook | Tim Hudak | Party Leader, Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Nickel Belt | Marck Blay | ||||||
| Nipissing | Vic Fedeli | Incumbent MPP | Mayor | ||||
| Northumberland—Quinte West | Rob Milligan | Incumbent MPP | Teacher | ||||
| Oak Ridges—Markham | Farid Wassef | Pharmacist | |||||
| Oakville | Larry Scott | ||||||
| Oshawa | Jerry Ouellette | Incumbent MPP | National Sales Coordinator | ||||
| Ottawa Centre | Rob Dekker | ||||||
| Ottawa—Orléans | Andrew Lister | ||||||
| Ottawa South | Matt Young | ||||||
| Ottawa Vanier | Martin Forget | ||||||
| Ottawa West—Nepean | Randall Denley | ||||||
| Oxford | Ernie Hardeman | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Parkdale—High Park | |||||||
| Parry Sound—Muskoka | Norm Miller | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Perth—Wellington | Randy Pettapiece | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Peterborough | Scott Stewart | ||||||
| Pickering—Scarborough East | Kevin Gaudet | Communications Expert | |||||
| Prince Edward—Hastings | Todd Smith | Incumbent MPP | Radio Broadcaster | ||||
| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | John Yakabuski | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Richmond Hill | Vic Gupta | Consultant | |||||
| St. Catharines | Matt Siscoe | ||||||
| St. Paul's | Rocco Achampong | Lawyer | |||||
| Sarnia—Lambton | Bob Bailey | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Sault Ste. Marie | |||||||
| Scarborough—Agincourt | Liang Chen | Dean, Professor | |||||
| Scarborough Centre | David Ramalho | ||||||
| Scarborough—Guildwood | Ken Kirupa | Banker, Real Estate Agent | |||||
| Scarborough—Rouge River | Raymond Cho | City Councillor | |||||
| Scarborough Southwest | Nita Kang | Real Estate Agent | |||||
| Simcoe—Grey | Jim Wilson | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Simcoe North | Garfield Dunlop | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry | Jim McDonell | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Sudbury | Paula Peroni | ||||||
| Thornhill | Gila Martow | Incumbent MPP | Optometrist | ||||
| Thunder Bay—Atikokan | Harold Wilson | ||||||
| Thunder Bay—Superior North | Tamara Johnson | ||||||
| Timiskaming—Cochrane | Peter Politis | ||||||
| Timmins—James Bay | Steve Black | ||||||
| Toronto Centre | Martin Abell | ||||||
| Toronto—Danforth | Naomi Solomon | Lawyer | |||||
| Trinity—Spadina | Roberta Scott | Paramedic | |||||
| Vaughan | Peter Meffe | ||||||
| Welland | |||||||
| Wellington—Halton Hills | Ted Arnott | Incumbent MPP | |||||
| Whitby—Oshawa | Christine Elliott | Deputy Leader, Incumbent MPP | Lawyer | ||||
| Willowdale | Michael Ceci | Toronto | Digital Media Consultant | ||||
| Windsor—Tecumseh | Robert De Verteuil | ||||||
| Windsor West | Henry Lau | ||||||
| York Centre | Avi Yufest | Political Advisor | |||||
| York—Simcoe | Julia Munro | Incumbent MPP | Teacher | ||||
| York South—Weston | Andrew Ffrench | ||||||
| York West |
References[edit]
- ^ Ontario PC Riding Presidents and Candidates, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, accessed 09 February 2014; "Riding Presidents," Ontario PC, 1 January 2014.
- ^ Two Hamilton PC Candidates Resign, Frank Iusi, accessed 09 February 2014," Hamilton Spectator, 28 January 2014.
- ^ Brister fired as PC candidate in Essex, Craig Pearson, accessed 09 February 2014," Windsor Star, 21 January 2014.