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Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston elects PC’s John Jordan in 2025 provincial election

Jessica Foley
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Voters in Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston have chosen John Jordan to represent them at Queen’s Park.

ith 21,310 votes (or 49.33 per cent and a margin of over 7,200 votes) in the riding when all ballots had been cast and 85/90 polls returned (as of 11:30 p.m.), Jordan is expected to take the MPP position once all polls are tallied.

Jordan was the frontrunner even before the votes on election day were tallied. According to Elections Ontario, only 7,731 voters (or 8.57 per cent of eligible voters) had cast their ballots in Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston ahead of election day on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. The provincial elections authority said those numbers represent the total ballots cast at an Advance Voting Location in the Electoral District – they do not include voters who cast a Special Ballot at the Local Election Office during the same period.

There are 90,192 registered voters in Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston, according to Elections Ontario (that number does not include eligible voters who have not registered).

The other candidates to represent Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) received the following number of votes (in descending order):

  • Rob Rainer, Liberal: 14,057 votes (32.6 per cent)
  • John MacRae, NDP: 4,525 votes (10.5 per cent)
  • Marlene Spruyt, Green: 1,443 votes (3.3 per cent)
  • Wendy Dillistone-Whitaker, Ontario Party: 896 votes (2.1 per cent)
  • David Motton, New Blue: 651 votes (1.5 per cent)
  • Shane O’Neill, Independent: 301 votes (0.7 per cent)

In total, 47.5 per cent voters in Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston turned out to the polls (or voted in advance), down over the 2022 provincial election turnout of 44,438 voters (or 50.02 per cent of eligible voters), according to Elections Ontario. The provincial elections organization told Kingstonist that further voter turnout data will become available in the coming days.

Kingstonist hopes to have a full interview with John Jordan, the returning MPP for Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston in the coming days.

All election results are unofficial until recounted and officially called the day after election day, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.

With files from Tori Stafford.

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