PARTY LEADERS

DALTON McGUINTY
ONTARIO LIBERAL PARTY // Ottawa South

Dalton McGuinty is Ontario's 24th Premier. First elected to the Ontario legislature in 1990, he led the Liberal party to a majority government in 2003. His party was elected to a second majority government in October, 2007.

// Liberal Party website
// Party platform

 

TIM HUDAK
ONTARIO PC PARTY // Niagara West-Glanbrook

Tim Hudak was first elected as the MPP for Niagara South in 1995. He served as a Cabinet Minister for five years before being elected as the 23rd Leader of the Ontario PC Party in June 2009.

// PC Party website
// Party platform

 

ANDREA HORWATH
ONTARIO NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY // Hamilton-Centre

Andrea Horwath is the Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention. She is the first woman to lead the Ontario NDP, and only the second woman to serve as leader of a political party in the provincial legislature.

// NDP website
// Party platform
 

MIKE SCHREINER
GREEN PARTY OF ONTARIO // Simcoe-Grey

Mike Schreiner was elected leader of the Green Party of Ontario on November 14, 2009. A leading advocate for independent businesses and sustainable communities, Mike Schreiner is well known for his leadership in co-founding the award-winning Local Food Plus organization and brings a proven track record in business and leadership roles to the GPO.

// Green Party website
// Party platform
 

BRAD HARNESS
REFORM PARTY OF ONTARIO // Lambton-Kent-Middlesex

In 1998 Brad Harness became involved in the local Reform Party of Canada/Canadian Alliance riding association up until the party merged with the federal PC Party. Brad was ratified as the first leader of the new party in September 2007.

// Reform Party website
// Party platform
 

SAM APELBAUM
ONTARIO LIBERTARIAN PARTY // Scarborough-Guildwood

After practicing law for 27 years, Sam Apelbaum changed careers and is now engaged in real estate sales. He resides in the Scarborough-Guildwood riding and has run in several provincial election campaigns for the libertarian cause.

// Libertarian Party website
// Party platform
 

PAUL McKEEVER
FREEDOM PARTY OF ONTARIO // Elgin-Middlesex-London

Paul McKeever joined the Freedom Party in 1992 and ran as a candidate for the party in Ontario's 1999 election. He replaced Lloyd Walker as party leader in 2002. Paul has led the party through the elections of 2003 and 2007.

// Freedom Party website
// Party platform
 

PHIL LEES
FAMILY COALITION PARTY OF ONTARIO

Since 1995, Phil Lees has worked tirelessly to bring back the rights and freedoms of families. As
President of the Hamilton-Wentworth Family Action Council, Phil fought to stop local government funding for teen abortion referrals – and won. Phil has been an educator for over 30 years: he knows the day-to-day impact of controlling government policies on the lives of families in Ontario.

// Family Coalition Party website
// Party platform
 

ELIZABETH ROWLEY
COMMUNIST PARTY OF ONTARIO // Brampton-Springdale

Elizabeth Rowley, a former School Trustee, has been very active in the fight for public education and health care, local democracy, and for labour and civil rights. Noting the CPC’s significant victory in reforming federal electoral laws, she says “Proportional representation – where every vote counts – is the next important electoral reform to be won.”

// Communist Party website
// Party platform
PARTY CANDIDATES

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AJAX-PICKERING
Joe Dickson
Todd McCarthy
Evan Wiseman
Steven Toman
Andrew Delis

ALGOMA-MANITOULIN
Mike Brown
Joe Chapman
Michael Mantha
Justin Tilson
David Hoffman

ANCASTER-DUNDAS-FLAMBOROUGH-WESTDALE
Ted McMeekin
Donna Skelly
Trevor Westerhoff
Erik Coverdale
Rick Gunderman
Robert Maton
Peter Melanson
Glenn Langton

BARRIE
Karl Walsh
Rod Jackson
Myrna Clarke
Andrew Miller
Matthew MacKenzie

BEACHES-EAST YORK
Helen Burstyn
Chris Menary
Michael Prue
Shawn Ali
Naomi Poley-Fischer

BRAMALEA-GORE-MALTON
Kulip Kular
Sanjeev Maingi
Jagmeet Singh
Pauline Thornham
Linda O'Marra

BRAMPTON-SPRINGDALE
Linda Jeffrey
Pam Hundal
Grazyna Wilk
Elizabeth Rowley
Bart Wysokinski

BRAMPTON WEST
Vic Dhillon
Ben Shenouda
Dalbir Kathuria
Patti Chmelyk
Ted Harlson

BRANT
Dave Levac
Michael St. Amant
Brian Van Tilborg
Ken Burns
Dustin Jenner
Rob Ferguson

BRUCE-GREY-OWEN SOUND
Kevin Eccles
Bill Walker
Paul Johnstone
Don Marshall
Alan Kempert
Jay Miller

BURLINGTON
Karmel Sakran
Jane McKenna
Peggy Russell
Alex Brown
Timothy O'Brien
Andrew Brannan
Anthony Giles

CAMBRIDGE
Kathryn McGarry
Rob Leone
Atinuke Bankole
Jacques Malette
Allan Dettweiler

CARLETON-MISSISSIPPI MILLS
Megan Cornell
Jack MacLaren
Scott Simser
Cynthia Bredfeldt
Richard Eveliegh

CHATHAM-KENT-ESSEX
Paul Watson
Rick Nicholls
Aleksandra Navarro
Holly Sullivan

DAVENPORT
Cristina Martins
Kirk Russell
Jonah Schein
Frank de Jong
Miguel Figueroa
Franz Cauchi
Paul Bedard

DON VALLEY EAST
Michael Coteau
Michael Lende
Dr. Bob Hilliard
Aren Bedrosyan
Ryan Kidd
Wayne Simmons

DON VALLEY WEST
Kathleen Wynne
Andrea Mandel-Campbell
Khalid Ahmed
Louis Fliss
Soumen Deb

DUFFERIN-CALEDON
Lori Holloway
Sylvia Jones
Rob Strang

DURHAM
Betty Somerville
John O'Toole
James Terry
Edward Yaghledjian
David Strutt

EGLINTON-LAWRENCE
Mike Colle
Rocco Rossi
Gerti Dervishi
Josh Rachlis
Michael Bone
Christian Breukelman

ELGIN-MIDDLESEX-LONDON
Lori Baldwin-Sands
Jeff Yurek
Kathy Cornish
Eric Loewen
Paul McKeever

ESSEX
Ken Schmidt
Dave Brister
Taras Natyshak
Jason Matyi

ETOBICOKE-CENTRE
Donna Cansfield
Mary Anne De Monte-Whelan
Ana Maria Rivero
Cheryll San Juan
Elizabeth Millican
Marco Renda
Alexander Bussman

ETOBICOKE-LAKESHORE
Laurel Broten
Simon Nyilassy
Dionne Coley
Angela Salewsky
Mark Brombacher
Hans Kunov

ETOBICOKE-NORTH
Shafiq Qaadri
Karm Singh
Vrind Sharma
Gurleen Gill
Claudio Ceolin
James McConnell

GLENGARRY-PRESCOTT-RUSSELL
Grant Crack
Marilissa Gosselin
Bonnie Jean-Louis
Taylor Howarth
\Carl Leduc
Phil Miller

GUELPH
Liz Sandals
Greg Schirk
James Gordon
Steve Dyck
Drew Garvie
Philip Bender

HALDIMAND-NORFOLK
Greg Crone
Toby Barrett
Ian Nichols
Justin Blake

HALIBURTON-KAWARTHA LAKES-BROCK
Rick Johnson
Laurie Scott
Don Abel
Anita Payne
Charles Olito
Newt Western

HALTON
Indira Naidoo-Harris
Ted Chudleigh
Nik Spohr
Karen Fraser
Anthony Rodrigues
Gina van den Burg
David Walach

HAMILTON-CENTRE
Donna Tiqui-Shebib
Don Sheppard
Andrea Horwath
Peter Ormond
Steven Passmore
Christopher Lawson

HAMILTON-EAST-STONEY CREEK
Mark Cripps
Nancy Fiorentino
Paul Miller
W. Peter Randall
Philip Doucette
Greg Pattinson
Silas Khokar

HAMILTON MOUNTAIN
Sophia Aggelonitis
Geordie Elms
Monique Taylor
Tony Morris
Jim Enos
Brian Goodwin
Trevor Pettit

HURON-BRUCE
Carol Mitchell
Lisa Thompson
Grant Robertson
Patrick Main
Christine Schnurr

KENORA-RAINY RIVER
Anthony Leek
Rod McKay
Sarah Campbell
Jo Jo Holiday

KINGSTON AND THE ISLANDS
John Gerretsen
Rodger James
Mary Rita Holland
Robert Kiley
Paul Busch

KITCHENER-CENTRE
John Milloy
Dave MacDonald
Cameron Dearlove
Mark Vercouteren
Bugra Atsiz

KITCHENER-CONESTOGA
Leeanna Pendergast
Michael Harris
Mark Cairns
Robert Rose

KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Eric Davis
Elizabeth Witmer
Isabel Cisterna
J.D. McGuire
Melanie Motz
Jay Ouellette

LAMBTON-KENT-MIDDLESEX
Maria VanBommel
Monte McNaughton
Joe Hill
James Armstrong
Marinus Vander Vloet
Tom Jackson
Brad Harness

LANARK-FRONTENAC-LENNOX AND ADDINGTON
Bill MacDonald
Randy Hillier
Dave Parkhill
Nancy Matte

LEEDS-GRENVILLE
Ray Heffernan
Steve Clark
David Lundy
Charlie Taylor

LONDON-FANSHAWE
Khalil Ramal
Cheryl Miller
Teresa Armstrong
Bassam Lazar
Dave Durnin
Tim Harnick

LONDON NORTH CENTRE
Deb Matthews
Nancy Branscombe
Steve Holmes
Kevin Labonte
Mary Lou Ambrogio

LONDON WEST
Chris Bentley
Ali Chahbar
Jeff Buchanan
Gary Brown
Tim Hodges

MARKHAM-UNIONVILLE
Michael Chan
Shan Thayaparan
Myles O'Brien
Justin Spigelman
Allen Small

MISSISSAUGA-BRAMPTON SOUTH
Amrit Mangat
Amarjeet Gill
Keith Foster
Christin Milloy

MISSISSAUGA EAST-COOKSVILLE
Dipika Damerla
Zoran Churchin
Lloyd Jones
Colin Stadig

MISSISSAUGA-ERINDALE
Harinder Takhar
David Brown
Michelle Bilek
Otto Casanova
Gerald Jackson

MISSISSAUGA SOUTH
Charles Sousa
Geoff Janoscik
Cory Mogk
Mark Harris

MISSISSAUGA-STREETSVILLE
Bob Delaney
Wafik Sunbaty
Raed Ayad
Scott Warner
Jason Roy Gowler
Richard Levesque

NEPEAN-CARLETON
Don Dransfield
Lisa MacLeod
Ric Dagenais
Gordon Kubanek
Marco Rossi
Roger Toutant
Stephen Knight

NEWMARKET-AURORA
Christina Bisanz
Frank Klees
Robin Wardlaw
Kristopher Kuysten
Jason Jenkins

NIAGARA FALLS
Kim Craitor
George Lepp
Wayne Redekop
Byrne Smith
Peter Dieter
Adam Hyde

NIAGARA WEST-GLANBROOK
Katie Trombetta
Tim Hudak
Anthony Marco
Meredith Cross
Geoff Peacock
Gerry Augustine

NICKEL BELT
Tony Ryma
Paula Peroni
France Gélinas
Stephanie-Lynn Russell

NIPISSING
Catherine Whiting
Vic Fedeli
Henri Giroux
Scott Haig
Mike Phillips

NORTHUMBERLAND-QUINTE WEST
Lou Rinaldi
Rob Milligan
Kira Mees
Judy Smith Torrie
Jeffrey McLarty

OAK RIDGES-MARKHAM
Helena Jaczek
Farid Wassef
Joe Whitfeld
Trifon Haitas
Patrick Redmond
Karl Boelling

OAKVILLE
Kevin Flynn
Larry Scott
Lesley Sprague
Andrew Chlobowski
Kayla Baptiste

OSHAWA
Jacquie Menezes
Jerry Ouellette
Mike Shields
Stacey Leadbetter
Ben Fudge
Matthew Belanger

OTTAWA-CENTRE
Yasir Naqvi
Rob Dekker
Anil Naidoo
Kevin O'Donnell
Stuart Ryan
Al Speyers

OTTAWA-ORLÉANS
Phil McNeely
Andrew Lister
Tanya Gutmanis
David McGruer
Dave Paul

OTTAWA SOUTH
Dalton McGuinty
Jason MacDonald
Wali Farah
James Mihaychuk
Jean-Serge Brisson
Michael Kostiuk

OTTAWA-VANIER
Madeleine Meilleur
Fred Sherman
Paul Étienne Laliberté-Tipple
Dave Bagler
Emmanuel Houle

OTTAWA WEST-NEPEAN
Bob Chiarelli
Randall Denley
Wendy Byrne
Alex Hill
John Pacheco
Frank Grandinetti

OXFORD
David Hilderley
Ernie Hardeman
Catherine Stewart-Mott
Leonard VanderHeoven

PARKDALE-HIGH PARK
Cortney Pasternak
Joe Ganetakos
Cheri DiNovo
Justin Trottier
Redmond Weissenberger
Rod Rojas

PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA
Cindy Waters
Norm Miller
Alex Zyganiuk
Matt Richter
Andy Stivrins
Lewis Hodgson

PERTH-WELLINGTON
John Wilkinson
Randy Pettapiece
Ellen Papenburg
Chris Desjardins
Irma De Vries
Robert Smink
Scott Rutherford

PETERBOROUGH
Jeff Leal
Alan Wilson
Dave Nickle
Gary Beamish

PICKERING-SCARBOROUGH EAST
Tracy MacCharles
Kevin Gaudet
Nerissa Cariño
Kevin Smith
Heath Thomas

PRINCE EDWARD-HASTINGS
Leona Dombrowsky
Todd Smith
Sherry Hayes
Treat Hull
Neal Ford
Andrew Skinner

RENFREW-NIPISSING-PEMBROKE
John O'Leary
John Yakabuski
Brian Dougherty
Kyle Jones

RICHMOND HILL
Reza Moridi
Vic Gupta
Brian Chamberlain

ST. CATHARINES
Jim Bradley
Sandie Bellows
Irene Lowell
Jennifer Mooradian
Saleh Waziruddin
Calvin Arnt
Dave Unrau

ST. PAUL'S
Eric Hoskins
Christine McGirr
David Hynes
Judith Van Veldhuysen
John Clinton

SARNIA-LAMBTON
Stephanie Barry
Bob Bailey
Brian White
Jason Vermette

SAULT STE. MARIE
David Orazietti
Jib Turner
Celia Ross
Luke Macmichael

SCARBOROUGH-AGINCOURT
Soo Wong
Liang Chen
Paul Choi
Pauline Thompson
Sabrina Wall

SCARBOROUGH-CENTRE
Brad Duguid
Carol Williams
Kathleen Mathurin
Jeff Mole
David Driver

SCARBOROUGH-GUILDWOOD
Margarett Best
Gary Ellis
Lorri Urban
Naoshad Pochkhanawala
Matthew Oliver
Sam Apelbaum

SCARBOROUGH-ROUGE RIVER
Bas Balkissoon
Ken Kim
Neethan Shan
George Singh
Daniel Walker

SCARBOROUGH SOUTHWEST
Lorenzo Berardinetti
Mike Chopowick
Bruce Budd
Robin McKim
Caroline Blanco-Ruibal

SIMCOE-GREY
Donna Kenwell
Jim Wilson
David Matthews
Mike Schreiner

SIMCOE NORTH
Fred Larsen
Garfield Dunlop
Doris Middleton
Peter Stubbins

STORMONT-DUNDAS-SOUTH GLENGARRY
Mark A. MacDonald
Jim McDonell
Elaine MacDonald
Justin Reist
Darcy Neal Donnelly

SUDBURY
Rick Bartolucci
Gerry Labelle
Paul Loewenberg
Pat Rogerson
Nancy Deveau-Lajeunesse

THORNHILL
Bernie Farber
Peter Shurman
Steff Duncan
Erin Ashley Gorman
Gene Balfour

THUNDER BAY-ATIKOKAN
Bill Mauro
Fred Gilbert
Mary Kozorys
Russ Aegard

THUNDER BAY-SUPERIOR NORTH
Michael Gravelle
Anthony LeBlanc
Steve Mantis
Scot Kyle

TIMISKAMING-COCHRANE
Denis Bonin
Randy Aulbrook
John Vanthof
Tina Danese

TIMMINS - JAMES BAY
Leonard Rickard
Al Spacek
Gilles Bisson
Angela Plant
Robert Neron

TORONTO-CENTRE
Glen Murray
Martin Abell
Cathy Crowe
Mark Daye
Cathy Holliday
Christopher Goodwin
Judi Falardeau

TORONTO-DANFORTH
Marisa Sterling
Rita Jethi
Peter Tabuns
Tim Whalley
Stéphane Vera

TRINITY-SPADINA
Sarah Thomson
Mike Yen
Rosario Marchese
Tim Grant
Silvio Ursomarzo

VAUGHAN
Greg Sorbara
Tony Genco
Paul Donofrio
Brendan Frye
Daniel Kowalewski
David Natale

WELLAND
Benoit Mercier
Domenic Ursini
Cindy Forster
Donna Cridland
Donna-Lynne Hamilton

WELLINGTON-HALTON HILLS
Moya Johnson
Ted Arnott
Dale Hamilton
Raymond Dartsch

WHITBY-OSHAWA
Elizabeth Roy
Christine Elliott
Maret Sadem-Thompson
Bradley Gibson
Douglas Thom
Josh Insang

WILLOWDALE
David Zimmer
Vince Agovino
Alexander Brown
Michael Vettese
Amy Brown
Arjun Nair

WINDSOR-TECUMSEH
Dwight Duncan
Robert de Verteuil
Andrew McAvoy
Justin Levesque

WINDSOR WEST
Teresa Piruzza
Todd Branch
Helmi Charif
Chad Durocher

YORK-CENTRE
Monte Kwinter
Michael Mostyn
Yuriy Shevyryov
Ron Tal
David Epstein
David Epstein

YORK-SIMCOE
Gloria Reszler
Julia Munro
Meade Helman
Mark Harrison

YORK SOUTH-WESTON
Laura Albanese
Lan Daniel
Paul Ferreira
Keith Jarrett
Eric Compton

YORK WEST
Mario Sergio
Karlene Nation
Tom Rakocevic
Joseph Rini
Ben Stein