Canada Votes 2025: Kingston and the Islands
Kingston is reunited and has its 2 most recent mayors facing off
Northern Kingston is once again part of Kingston and the Islands — and the city's current and most recent former mayor are on the ballot.
The regular independent boundary review after the 2021 census moved Kingston north of Highway 401 from what's now Lanark-Frontenac.
The riding also includes Frontenac Islands.
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Through its permutations, the riding has been Liberal since the late 1980s when that party took it from Flora MacDonald and the Progressive Conservatives.
Mark Gerretsen has been MP since 2015 after being Kingston mayor from 2010 to 2014. Current Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson is taking unpaid leave to run for the Conservatives.
Polls are open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on election day on Monday, April 28. Elections Canada has more information on voting options.
Here are the candidates.
The People's Party originally had Ronald Perry listed as a candidate, but his name was removed as of March 27.
Mark Gerretsen, Liberal
Gerretsen was a Kingston city councillor before his term as mayor. He attended both St. Lawrence College and Queen's University.
Fintan Hartnett, Green
Hartnett has sailed the world and trains people to sail.
Daria Juüdi-Hope, NDP
Juüdi-Hope is a registered nurse who's most recently worked in fly-in Indigenous communities. She has also taught at Queen's and St. Lawrence College, and has been president of the local registered nurses' association.
Bryan Paterson, Conservative
The third-term mayor has also taught economics at Royal Military College since 2006 and has an PhD in economics from Queen's.