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SIMCOE MUSKOKA VOTES 2022
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LOCAL RIDINGS
BARRIE-SPRINGWATER-ORO-MEDONTE
Gerry Auger - Ontario Party
Doug Downey - PC Party
Hayden Hughes - New Blue
Jeff Lehman - Liberal Party
Beverley Patchell - NDP
Elyse Robinson - Green Party
BARRIE-INNISFIL
Dean Grace - Ontario Party
Benjamin Hughes - Independent
Andrea Khanjin - PC Party
Bonnie North - Green Party
Pekka Reinio - NDP
Ashlyn Steele - New Blue
Jake Tucker - Independent
John Olthuis - Liberal Party
SIMCOE NORTH
Krystal Brooks - Green Party
Mark Douris - New Blue
William Joslin - Libertarian
Jill Dunlop - PC Party
Aaron Cayden Hiltz - Liberal Party
Aaron MacDonald - Ontario Party
Elizabeth Van Houtte - NDP
YORK-SIMCOE
Walter Alvarez-Bardales - Liberal Party
Franco Colavecchia - Ontario Moderate Party
Brent Fellman - New Blue
Alana Hollander - Ontario Party
Spencer Ki - NDP
Caroline Mulroney - PC Party
Julie Stewart - Green Party
Zachary Tisdale - Libertarian
NEWMARKET-AURORA
Iwona Czarnecka - New Blue
Yuri Duboisky - Ontario Moderate Party
Dawn Gallagher Murphy - PC Party
Denis Heng - NDP
Krista McKenzie - Ontario Party
Carolina Rodriguez - Green Party
Sylvain Roy - Liberal Party
DUFFERIN-CALEDON
Andrea Banyai - New Blue
Laura Campbell - Green Party
Erickumar Emmanuel - Ontario Moderate Party
Bob Gordanier - Liberal Party
Sylvia Jones - PC Party
Lily Nguyen - Ontario Party
Tess Prendergast – NDP
Kay Sayer – Public Benefit Party
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA
Andrew Cocks - Ontario Party
Erin Horvath - NDP
Doug Maynard - New Blue
Matt Richter - Green Party
Graydon Smith - PC Party
Brad Waddell - Populist Ontario
BRUCE-GREY-OWEN SOUND
Rick Byers - PC Party
Suzanne Coles - Ontario Party
Vince Grimaldi - New Blue
Karen Gventer - NDP
Selwyn J. Hicks - Liberal Party
Reima Kaikkonen - Independent
Joel Loughead - NOTA Direct Democracy Party
Danielle Valiquette - Green Party
Joseph Westover - Populist Ontario
SIMCOE-GREY
Ted Crysler - Liberal Party
David Ghobrial - New Blue
Billy Gordon - NOTA Direct Democracy Party
Allan Kuhn - Green Party
Keith Nunn - NDP
Rodney Sacrey - Ontario Party
Brian Saunderson - PC Party
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