Summary: Conservative MP and Minister of Veterans Affairs Erin O’Toole is seeking re-election. He won this riding in a 2012 by-election after Conservative MP Bev Oda resigned, following controversy about expenses she charged to taxpayers.
Boundaries: This riding is geographically much smaller than it was in 2011. Uxbridge has moved into the new riding of Pickering-Uxbridge. The southeast portion of the Regional Municipality of Durham is now part of the new Northumberland-Peterborough South riding. The current riding includes the city of Oshawa north of Taunton Road, Bowmanville, the township of Scugog, and the Mississaugas of Scugog First Nation.
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Last Election: In the 2012 by-election, Conservative O’Toole won with 50.7 per cent of the vote, beating NDP candidate Larry O’Connor, who earned 26.3 per cent.
History: This riding was Liberal from 1993 until 2004. Bev Oda won it for the Conservatives in 2004 by just 1,265 votes, but then won re-election in 2006, 2008 and 2011 by significant margins. The NDP finished second here in both 2011 and the 2012 by-election.
Candidates
Conservative: Erin O’Toole, MP, Minister of Veterans Affairs
NDP: Derek Spence, custodian and farmer
Liberal: Corinna Traill, lawyer, Clarington councillor
Green: Stacey Leadbetter
Christian Heritage: Andrew Moriarty
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