You can make it three straight election victories for Dave Smith in Peterborough-Kawartha.
The Progressive Conservative incumbent picked up a close victory on Thursday night, earning another term at Queen’s Park. As of 11:10 p.m., Smith had just over 21,000 votes which equalled about 41 per cent of ballots cast – his best result to date.
Smith says he’s thrilled with the new mandate, and is excited to finish some of the big projects he has started.
Audio PlayerComing in second, first-time Liberal candidate Adam Hopkins with more than 18,000 votes. The Warsaw resident and senior vice-president with the First Nations Technical Institute says this was a real interesting experience.
Audio PlayerRounding out the top three was New Democrat Jen Deck with just under 9,000 votes. Deck, who also ran back in 2022, feels she ran a strong campaign.
Audio PlayerHere are the complete results as of 11:10 p.m.:
PC Dave Smith – 21,279
Liberal Adam Hopkins – 18,904
NDP Jen Deck – 8,751
Green Lucas Graham – 1,651
New Blue Andrew Roudny – 825
Ontario Party Brian Martindale – 684
