Voters in Peterborough—Kawartha elected Dave Smith of the Progressive Conservative party as their MPP in the 2018 Ontario election.
Candidates
Liberals: Jeff Leal (incumbent)
PC: Dave Smith (elected)
NDP: Sean Conway
Green: Gianne Broughton
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Geography
This riding was created in 2015. It is made up of parts of the City of Peterborough, Douro-Dummer, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, North Kawartha and Selwyn. For the 2018 elections, it will no longer encompass Otonabee-South Monaghan, Asphodel-Norwood, and the Hiawatha First Nation. Before its reworking in 2015, the riding was known as the Peterborough riding since 1953.
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History
The area has leaned Liberal for the last 15 years. MPP Jeff Leal is the incumbent, and has been the MPP for Peterborough since 2003. Leal won against Progressive Conservative candidate Alan Wilson by 4,010 votes in the 2014 provincial election.
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