The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario fielded a full slate of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario general election. The party, which had been in power since 1995, won twenty-four seats to become the official opposition in the sitting of the legislature that followed.
Candidates
| Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
Notes
|
| Algoma—Manitoulin
|
Terry McCutcheon
|
|
5,168
|
17.33
|
3rd
|
|
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot
|
Mark Mullins
|
|
18,141
|
37.42
|
2nd
|
Ran for the Reform Party in Hamilton—Wentworth in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[1]
|
| Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
|
Joe Tascona
|
|
31,529
|
51.78
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Beaches—East York
|
Angela Kennedy
|
Registered Nurse[2]
|
8,157
|
19.67
|
3rd
|
Later chaired the Toronto Catholic District School Board on two occasions.[3]
|
| Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale
|
Raminder Gill
|
|
15,549
|
36.73
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Brampton Centre
|
Joe Spina
|
|
15,656
|
40.86
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Brampton West—Mississauga
|
Tony Clement
|
|
26,414
|
42.17
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
|
| Brant
|
Alayne Sokoloski
|
|
13,618
|
30.65
|
2nd
|
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[4]
|
| Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
|
Bill Murdoch
|
|
23,338
|
52.07
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Burlington
|
Cam Jackson
|
|
21,506
|
46.15
|
1st
|
Incumbent; resigned seat on 28 September 2006
|
| Cambridge
|
Gerry Martiniuk
|
|
19,996
|
42.50
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Chatham-Kent—Essex
|
Dave Wilkinson
|
|
11,586
|
29.82
|
2nd
|
|
| Davenport
|
Tom Smith
|
|
1,977
|
7.46
|
3rd
|
|
| Don Valley East
|
Paul Sutherland
|
|
12,027
|
32.03
|
2nd
|
|
| Don Valley West
|
David Turnbull
|
|
17,394
|
38.95
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
|
| Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
|
Ernie Eves
|
|
29,222
|
56.64
|
1st
|
Incumbent; party leader and Premier of Ontario; resigned seat on 1 February 2005
|
| Durham
|
John O'Toole
|
|
23,814
|
47.09
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Eglinton—Lawrence
|
Corinne Korzen
|
|
12,402
|
29.72
|
2nd
|
|
| Elgin—Middlesex—London
|
Bruce Smith
|
|
13,149
|
30.25
|
2nd
|
|
| Erie—Lincoln
|
Tim Hudak
|
|
20,348
|
48.49
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Consumer and Business Services
|
| Essex
|
Patrick O'Neil
|
|
11,234
|
24.74
|
3rd
|
|
| Etobicoke Centre
|
Rose Andrachuk
|
|
17,610
|
39.43
|
2nd
|
|
| Etobicoke—Lakeshore
|
Morley Kells
|
|
14,524
|
32.59
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Etobicoke North
|
Baljit Gosal
|
|
6,978
|
22.52
|
2nd
|
|
| Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
|
Albert Bourdeau
|
|
10,921
|
24.88
|
2nd
|
|
| Guelph—Wellington
|
Brenda Elliott
|
|
20,735
|
37.08
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Community, Family and Social Services
|
| Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
|
Toby Barrett
|
|
20,109
|
46.10
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Haliburton—Victoria—Brock
|
Laurie Scott
|
|
24,297
|
47.41
|
1st
|
|
| Halton
|
Ted Chudleigh
|
|
33,610
|
48.20
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Hamilton East
|
Sohail Bhatti
|
|
4,033
|
13.13
|
3rd
|
|
| Hamilton Mountain
|
Shakil Hassan
|
|
8,637
|
19.02
|
3rd
|
|
| Hamilton West
|
Doug Brown
|
|
8,185
|
20.97
|
3rd
|
|
| Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
|
Barry Gordon
|
Auctioneer[5]
|
13,709
|
33.01
|
2nd
|
Member of the Pittsburgh Township council from 1980 to 1988 and reeve from 1989 to 1994.[6] Ran for the Progressive Conservative Party in Kingston and the Islands in the 1993 Canadian federal election.[7]
|
| Huron—Bruce
|
Helen Johns
|
|
16,594
|
38.23
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Agriculture and Food
|
| Kenora—Rainy River
|
Cathe Hoszowski
|
|
3,343
|
12.83
|
3rd
|
|
| Kingston and the Islands
|
Hans Westenberg
|
|
9,640
|
20.12
|
2nd
|
|
| Kitchener Centre
|
Wayne Wettlaufer
|
|
16,120
|
37.57
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Kitchener—Waterloo
|
Elizabeth Witmer
|
|
23,957
|
43.08
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education
|
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
|
Marcel Beaubien
|
|
15,060
|
36.66
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Lanark—Carleton
|
Norm Sterling
|
|
29,641
|
48.99
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Attorney General and Minister responsible for Native Affairs
|
| Leeds—Grenville
|
Bob Runciman
|
|
21,443
|
48.70
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Public Safety and Security
|
| London—Fanshawe
|
Frank Mazzilli
|
|
11,777
|
30.35
|
3rd
|
Incumbent
|
| London North Centre
|
Dianne Cunningham
|
|
13,460
|
28.92
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister responsible for Women's Issues
|
| London West
|
Bob Wood
|
|
15,463
|
31.11
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Markham
|
David Tsubouchi
|
|
21,257
|
40.33
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Culture
|
| Mississauga Centre
|
Rob Sampson
|
|
15,846
|
40.72
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Mississauga East
|
Carl DeFaria
|
|
13,832
|
40.35
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Citizenship and Minister responsible for Senior Citizens
|
| Mississauga South
|
Margaret Marland
|
|
16,977
|
43.20
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Mississauga West
|
Nina Tangri
|
|
20,406
|
37.18
|
2nd
|
|
| Nepean—Carleton
|
John Baird
|
|
31,662
|
54.06
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Government House Leader and Minister of Energy; resigned seat on 29 November 2005
|
| Niagara Centre
|
Ann Gronski
|
|
12,526
|
26.70
|
3rd
|
|
| Niagara Falls
|
Bart Maves
|
|
15,353
|
38.06
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Nickel Belt
|
Dave Kilgour
|
|
4,804
|
13.49
|
3rd
|
|
| Nipissing
|
Al McDonald
|
|
14,978
|
41.47
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Northumberland
|
Doug Galt
|
|
17,816
|
39.37
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Chief Government Whip and Minister without Portfolio
|
| Oak Ridges
|
Frank Klees
|
|
32,647
|
47.27
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Transportation
|
| Oakville
|
Kurt Franklin
|
|
18,991
|
42.18
|
2nd
|
|
| Oshawa
|
Jerry Ouellette
|
|
14,566
|
37.32
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Natural Resources
|
| Ottawa Centre
|
Joe Varner
|
Policy Advisor[8]
|
11,217
|
22.69
|
3rd
|
Spouse of Lisa MacLeod
|
| Ottawa—Orléans
|
Brian Coburn
|
|
20,762
|
41.32
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Tourism and Recreation
|
| Ottawa South
|
Richard Raymond
|
|
16,413
|
34.43
|
2nd
|
|
| Ottawa—Vanier
|
Maurice Lamirande
|
|
10,878
|
26.24
|
2nd
|
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[9]
|
| Ottawa West—Nepean
|
Garry Guzzo
|
|
20,277
|
41.24
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Oxford
|
Ernie Hardeman
|
|
18,656
|
44.06
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Rural Affairs
|
| Parkdale—High Park
|
Stephen Snell
|
|
6,436
|
16.18
|
2nd
|
|
| Parry Sound—Muskoka
|
Norm Miller
|
|
18,776
|
48.51
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Perth—Middlesex
|
Bert Johnson
|
|
15,680
|
39.36
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Peterborough
|
Gary Stewart
|
|
18,418
|
33.46
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge
|
Janet Ecker
|
|
23,960
|
43.91
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Finance
|
| Prince Edward—Hastings
|
John Williams
|
|
12,800
|
32.02
|
2nd
|
|
| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
|
John Yakabuski
|
|
19,274
|
44.14
|
1st
|
|
| Sarnia—Lambton
|
Henk Vanden Ende
|
|
11,852
|
30.99
|
2nd
|
|
| Sault Ste. Marie
|
Bruce Willson
|
|
2,674
|
7.61
|
3rd
|
|
| Scarborough—Agincourt
|
Yolanda Chan
|
|
11,337
|
30.08
|
2nd
|
|
| Scarborough Centre
|
Marilyn Mushinski
|
|
11,686
|
28.04
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Scarborough East
|
Steve Gilchrist
|
|
14,323
|
33.84
|
2nd
|
Incumbent
|
| Scarborough—Rouge River
|
Kevin Moore
|
|
9,468
|
25.21
|
2nd
|
|
| Scarborough Southwest
|
Dan Newman
|
|
11,826
|
31.71
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
|
| Simcoe—Grey
|
Jim Wilson
|
|
26,114
|
51.47
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Northern Development and Mines and Minister of Environment
|
| Simcoe North
|
Garfield Dunlop
|
|
23,393
|
46.13
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| St. Catharines
|
Mark Brickell
|
Regional Councillor[10]
|
12,932
|
29.34
|
2nd
|
|
| St. Paul's
|
Charis Kelso
|
|
11,203
|
24.65
|
2nd
|
|
| Stoney Creek
|
Brad Clark
|
|
19,517
|
38.58
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Labour
|
| Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh
|
Todd Lalonde
|
|
13,948
|
36.50
|
2nd
|
|
| Sudbury
|
Mila Wong
|
Executive Director[11]
|
5,068
|
14.19
|
2nd
|
Ran in the same division in the 1999 Ontario general election.[12] Also ran for the Greater Sudbury municipal council in the 2000 Greater Sudbury municipal election.[13]
|
| Thornhill
|
Tina Molinari
|
|
20,623
|
45.16
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing with responsibility for Urban Affairs
|
| Thunder Bay—Atikokan
|
Brian McKinnon
|
|
5,365
|
17.62
|
3rd
|
|
| Thunder Bay—Superior North
|
Brent Sylvester
|
|
2,912
|
9.62
|
3rd
|
|
| Timiskaming—Cochrane
|
Rick Brassard
|
|
6,330
|
20.38
|
2nd
|
|
| Timmins—James Bay
|
Merv Russell
|
|
2,527
|
8.41
|
3rd
|
|
| Toronto Centre—Rosedale
|
John Adams
|
|
9,968
|
22.04
|
2nd
|
|
| Toronto—Danforth
|
George Sardelis
|
|
6,562
|
16.95
|
3rd
|
|
| Trinity—Spadina
|
Helena Guergis
|
|
4,985
|
12.29
|
3rd
|
|
| Vaughan—King—Aurora
|
Carmine Iacono
|
|
21,744
|
33.06
|
2nd
|
|
| Waterloo—Wellington
|
Ted Arnott
|
|
22,550
|
48.97
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| Whitby—Ajax
|
Jim Flaherty
|
|
27,240
|
48.33
|
1st
|
Incumbent; Minister of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation; resigned seat in November 2005
|
| Willowdale
|
David Young
|
|
19,957
|
42.95
|
2nd
|
Incumbent; Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
|
| Windsor—St. Clair
|
Matt Bufton
|
Marketing Coordinator[14]
|
4,162
|
11.61
|
3rd
|
|
| Windsor West
|
Derek Insley
|
|
4,187
|
11.90
|
3rd
|
Ran in Ottawa West in 1987 Ontario general election.[15]
|
| York Centre
|
Dan Cullen
|
|
7,862
|
24.83
|
2nd
|
|
| York North
|
Julia Munro
|
|
24,517
|
47.19
|
1st
|
Incumbent
|
| York South—Weston
|
Stephen Halicki
|
|
4,930
|
15.23
|
3rd
|
|
| York West
|
Ted Aver
|
|
2,330
|
10.03
|
3rd
|
|
Candidates in by-elections held between 2003 and 2007
| Date
|
Riding
|
Candidate's Name
|
Occupation
|
Votes
|
%
|
Rank
|
Notes
|
| 2004 05 13
|
Hamilton East
|
Tara Crugnale
|
|
1,772
|
7.42
|
3rd
|
|
| 2005 03 17
|
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
|
John Tory
|
|
15,893
|
56.67
|
1st
|
Party leader
|
| 2005 11 25
|
Scarborough—Rouge River
|
Cynthia Lai
|
|
4,268
|
25.86
|
2nd
|
|
| 2006 03 30
|
Nepean—Carleton
|
Lisa MacLeod
|
|
17,312
|
57.57
|
1st
|
|
| 2006 03 30
|
Scarborough—Rouge River
|
Georgina Blanas
|
|
2,740
|
10.03
|
3rd
|
|
| 2006 03 30
|
Whitby—Ajax
|
Christine Elliott
|
|
15,799
|
46.21
|
1st
|
|
| 2006 09 14
|
Parkdale—High Park
|
David Hutcheon
|
|
4,943
|
17.33
|
3rd
|
|
| 2007 02 08
|
Burlington
|
Joyce Savoline
|
|
11,146
|
49.00
|
1st
|
|
| 2007 02 08
|
Markham
|
Alex Yuan
|
|
6,426
|
34.89
|
2nd
|
|
| 2007 02 08
|
York South—Weston
|
Pina Martino
|
|
1,917
|
10.18
|
3rd
|
|
Source for election results: Election Results, Elections Ontario, accessed 2 November 2021.
References
- ^ Parlinfo: Elections and Ridings (Hamilton--Wentworth, Ontario (1968-04-23 - 1997-04-26)), Parliament of Canada, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Angela Kennedy", Toronto Star, 15 August 2007, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ About The Trustee - Angela Kennedy, Toronto Catholic District School Board, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 914.
- ^ Nomination Meetings 2003, Frontenac News, 20 March 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Nomination Meetings 2003, Frontenac News, 20 March 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Parlinfo: Elections and Ridings (Kingston and the Islands, Ontario (1968-04-23 - )), Parliament of Canada, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ F. Abbas Rana, "‘This is a race between Richard Patten and Joe Varner’", The Hill Times, 8 September 2003, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 918.
- ^ Calum McNeil, "Brock graduate runs for provincial legislature" Archived 2007-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Brock Press, accessed 19 October 2020.
- ^ Harold Carmichael, "Holiday food drive expands: Organizers aim to collect seven tons of food", Sudbury Star, 18 November 1999, A3; Liane Beam, "Name change causes confusion", Sudbury Star, 13 December 2000, A5; Kevin O'Brien, "Jarrett Value 2 store a resounding success", Sudbury Star, 11 December 2001, B2.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 2000, (Farmington Hills: Gale Group), p. 920.
- ^ Chris Polehoykie, "Residents grill candidates on south-end water woes", Sudbury Star, 2 November 2000, A1. See "Election Forum", Sudbury Star, 11 November 2000, C1.
- ^ Windsor Star, 23 September 2003.
- ^ Canadian Parliamentary Guide: 1988, (Kanata: Normandin), p. 1066.