Steve Clark re-elected in Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
For decades, this largely rural riding has been held by a member of the Progressive Conservatives
Progressive Conservative Steve Clark has been re-elected in Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
With all polls counted, Clark has 61.3 per cent of the vote, with 20,237 more votes more than his closest competitor, Michelle Taylor with the NDP.
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The largely rural Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes riding is made up of Brockville, Gananoque, Prescott and a number of townships and has a strong history of voting Progressive Conservative.
While the riding includes a large swath of the area south of Ottawa, most residents live close to the St. Lawrence River.
Historically, nothing has been able to budge this riding from the PC camp, with the party picking up more votes in the past three elections than all other parties combined.
Clark was first elected to the seat in a 2010 byelection.
Also running in the riding were:
- Liberal David Henderson, the mayor of Brockville, Ont.
- Derek Morley, a small business owner, for the Green Party.
- Bill Buckley for the Ontario Libertarian Party.
With files from Elyse Skura/CBC