PC Daryl Kramp captures Hastings-Lennox and Addington

For provincial Progressive Conservative Daryl Kramp, if at first you don’t succeed, try again.

Kramp easily claimed the riding of Hastings-Lennox and Addington with a huge victory in Thursday’s Ontario election.

Kramp claimed more than 50 per cent of the vote to win the riding – receiving 22,636 votes in 93 polls.

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Runner-up Nate Smelle was a distant second with 32.1 per cent of the vote (14,457 votes). Rounding out the results were: Liberal Tim Rigby (11.5 per cent or 5,173 votes); Sari Watson of the Green Party (4.2 per cent or 1,910 votes); Lonnie Herrington of the Trillium Party (1 per cent or 466 votes) and Libertarian Greg Schofield (0.8 per cent or 362 votes)

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Kramp was the federal Conservative MP for Prince Edward–Hastings from 2004 to 2015. However, he lost to Liberal Mike Bossio in the new federal riding of Hastings-Lennox and Addington in 2015.

Kramp held a celebration with supporters at the Black Bear Ridge Golf Club in Belleville.