Thunder Bay·ONTARIO VOTES 2025

Northwestern Ontario ridings to watch in the 2025 provincial election

CBC Thunder Bay will be providing updates on the four main ridings to watch here in northwestern Ontario to help voters sort through the platforms and promises of this 2025 campaign,

Voters hit the polls February 27

A yellow "VOTE" sign staked in the ground outside a building
Voters in Ontario will head to the polling stations on Feb. 27. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

After Ontario Premier Doug Ford called a snap winter election in January, voters in the province will head to the polls on February 27, 2025. 

CBC Thunder Bay will be providing updates on the four main ridings to watch here in northwestern Ontario to help voters sort through the platforms and promises of this 2025 campaign.

Thunder Bay—Atikokan

  • Eric Arner: Green Party of Ontario
  • Kevin Holland (Incumbent): Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Stephen Margarit: Ontario Liberal Party
  • Judith Monteith-Farrell: Ontario New Democratic Party

Thunder Bay—Superior North

  • Rick Dumas: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Brian Hamilton: Ontario Liberal Party
  • John Northey: Green Party of Ontario
  • Lise Vaugeois (Incumbent): Ontario New Democratic Party

Kenora—Rainy River

  • Anthony Leek: Ontario Liberal Party
  • John Redins: Green Party of Ontario
  • Greg Rickford (Incumbent): Progressive Conservatives
  • Rudy Turtle: Ontario New Democratic Party

Kiiwetinoong

  • Sol Mamakwa (Incumbent): Ontario New Democratic Party
  • Waylon Scott: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Carolyn Spicer: Green Party of Ontario

The Liberals have not announced a candidate in Kiiwetinoong as of Feb. 11, 2025.

 


CBC Thunder Bay wants to hear from you this election

As northwestern Ontarians head to the polls, we want to hear what's important to you in this election and what you want to hear about from the candidates. 

Fill out our 2025 provincial election survey below to tell us what matters to you:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle Allan is a reporter at CBC Thunder Bay. She's worked with the CBC's Investigative Unit, CBC Ottawa and ran a pop-up bureau in Kingston. She won a 2021 Canadian Association of Journalists national award for investigative reporting and was a finalist in 2023. You can reach her at michelle.allan@cbc.ca.