Nine York alumni, out of 32 candidates with connections to the University, won seats in Ontario’s 39th general election on Oct. 10.
Not suprisingly, with a second majority win by the Ontario Liberals, six of the nine were members of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s team, led by Finance Minister Greg Sorbara, who won with 61.9 per cent of the votes in his Vaughan riding. Other successful York Grits include .jpg)
Wayne Arthurs (Pickering-Scarborough East), Margarett Best (Scarborough-Guildwood), Attorney General Michael Bryant (St. Paul’s), Aileen Carroll (Barrie) and Helen Jaczek (Oak Ridges-Markham).
Left: Greg Sorbara
Osgoode alumnus John Tory, the Progressive Conservative leader, lost his bid but fellow Osgoode alum and PC candidate Gerry Martiniuk won his riding of Cambridge. The other successful York graduates were long-time New Democratic Party MPP Peter Kormos in Welland and fellow NDPer Cheri DiNovo in Parkdale-High Park.
All four current York students who ran finished third, including Andy Arifin (Markham-Unionville), Shane O’Toole (York West), Mani Singh (Brampton-Springdale) and Shona Bracken (Toronto Danforth). Graduate student and alumna Janice Hagan (Oak Ridges-Markham) also finished third. York Professor Gail McCabe, who ran for the NDP in Mississauga-Streetsville, came third as well.
Among the York contingent running for the Green Party, all but one finished fourth in their area. The one exception was Jim Reeve in York Simcoe, who came third.
Below are the unofficial results for York-connected candidates. For up-to-the-minute results, visit the Elections Ontario Web site.
How they did: York candidates in the 2007 provincial election
Unofficial results from Elections Ontario
| Name | Party | Riding/ Result/ Vote share | Deg/Yr | Faculty | |
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Shona Bracken | COM | Toronto Danforth 6th – 0.7% |
student | |
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Jim Reeves | GRN | York Simcoe 3rd – 11.3% |
MBA ’70 | Schulich School of Business |
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Jerry Schulman | GRN | Etobicoke Lakeshore 4th -7.9% |
BFA ’84 | Faculty of Fine Arts |
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Gregory Laxton | GRN | Ottawa Centre 4th – 12.3% |
MA ’04 | Faculty of Arts |
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Steve D’sa | GRN | St. Paul’s 4th – 8.3% |
BSc ’94 | Faculty of Science & Engineering |
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Patrick Kraemer | GRN | Toronto Danforth 4th – 11.1% |
LLB ’05 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Jessica Fracassi | GRN | Essex 4th – 5.3% |
BES ’01 | Faculty of Environmental Studies |
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Wayne Arthurs | LIB | Pickering-Scarborough East 1st – 48.6% |
BA ’72 | Faculty of Arts |
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Margarett Best | LIB | Scarborough-Guildwood 1st – 42.5% |
LLB ’95 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Michael Bryant | LIB | St. Paul’s 1st – 47.5% |
LLB ’92 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Aileen Carroll | LIB | Barrie 1st – 42.2% |
BEd ’89 | Faculty of Education |
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Laura Hammer | LIB | Whitby-Oshawa 2nd – 36.0% |
BA ’96 | Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies |
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Helena Jaczek | LIB | Oak Ridges-Markham 1st – 47.9% |
MBA ’94 | Schulich School of Business |
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Mario Racco | LIB | Thornhill 2nd – 42.3% |
BA ’81 | Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies |
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Gregory Sorbara | LIB | Vaughan 1st – 61.9% |
BA ’78, LLB ’81 | Glendon, Osgoode |
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Sylvia Watson | LIB | Parkdale-High Park 2nd – 29.3% |
BA ’76, LLB ’79 | Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Cheri DiNovo | NDP | Parkdale-High Park 1st – 44.6% |
BA ’94 | Faculty of Arts |
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Janice Hagan | NDP | Oak Ridges-Marakham 3rd – 8.1% |
BA ’86 | Faculty of Arts |
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Peter Kormos | NDP | Welland 1st – 53.9% |
BA ’75, LLB ’78 | Faculty of Arts |
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Andrea Németh | NDP | Etobicoke-Lakeshore 3rd – 13.6% |
BA ’94, MA ’98 | Faculty of Arts |
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Felicite Stairs | NDP | Renfrew-Nippissin-Pembroke 3rd – 7.6% |
LLB ’89 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Rick Morelli | NDP | Vaughan 3rd – 11.6% |
BA ’89 | Faculty of Arts |
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Gail McCabe | NDP | Mississauga-Streetsville 3rd – 10.4% |
BA ’96, MA ’98, PhD ’05 | Professor, Glendon, Academic Adviser Calumet |
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Mani Singh | NDP | Brampton-Springdale 3rd – 10.9% |
student | |
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Andy Arifin | NDP | Markham-Unionville 3rd – 7.3% |
student | |
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Chris Corrigan | PC | Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale 2nd – 34.8% |
Former lecturer at Glendon | |
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Gary Crawford | PC | Scarborough Southwest 2nd – 25.5% |
BFA ’83 | Faculty of Fine Arts |
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Gerry Martiniuk | PC | Cambridge 1st – 41.7% |
LLB ’62 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Carman McLelland | PC | Brampton-Springdale 2nd – 30.8% |
MBA ’73 | Schulich School of Business |
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Shane O’Toole | PC | York West 3rd – 10.3% |
student | |
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John Tory | PC | Don Valley West 2nd – 39.7% |
LLB ’78 | Osgoode Hall Law School |
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Mohamed Kassim | PC | Etobicoke North 2nd – 21.0% |
MA ’97 | Faculty of Arts |
COM – Communist Party of Canada; GRN – Green Party of Ontario; LIB – Ontario Liberal Party; NDP – Ontario New Democratic Party; PC – Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario