On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Kingston and the Islands.
Candidates
Liberals: Sophie Kiwala
Progressive Conservatives: Mark Bain
NDP: Mary Rita Holland
Green: Robert Kiley
Geography
History
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Longtime Liberal cabinet minister John Gerretsen has held this riding for five terms, but is not running again. Since taking the seat from NDP MPP Gary Wilson by just under 2,000 votes in 1995, he has won each election at least 10,000 votes.
By the numbers
Queen’s University skews the demographics here quite a bit, with just 2.3 people in the average household and 46.1 per cent people over 15 married.
Riding in a tweet
With Gerretsen stepping down, both the PCs and NDP will have their eyes on this riding, but the Liberals are still considered favourites.
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