CORNWALL – Incumbent MPP Nolan Quinn has been re-elected. Quinn, who was first elected MPP in June 2022, took 62 per cent of the vote Thursday night (February 27). Quinn will be part of an expanded Doug Ford government. Ford won his third consecutive majority government, taking 80 of 124 seats. This is a one seat increase. The PC Party of Ontario held 79 seats at dissolution.
After the polls closed, Quinn addressed a crowd at his campaign party held at a wing restaurant in Cornwall.
“It’s been a campaign-and-a-half,” he said to the cheering crowd of about 75 supporters. Quinn spoke of the campaign challenges, including some winter weather related mishaps of cars in the ditch.
The MPP-elect thanked his family, supporters, campaign staff, and campaign manager Adrian Bugelli.
“My commitment to SDSG has only grown stronger,” Quinn said. “We are on the cusp of really great things in this area.”
Across the province, the Ford led PCs won a majority and will form the next government. The Ontario NDP won 27 seats, down from 28 seats in the last parliament. The Liberals increased their seat count to 14 from nine seats at dissolution. Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner held on to his own seat in Guelph and maintained his party’s seat count at two seats. Independent candidate Bobbi Ann Brady was re-elected in southwestern Ontario.
Ford won his seat, as did NDP Leader Marit Stiles. Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie finished second in Mississauga East-Cooksville. She said she will continue on as leader of her party despite not having a seat in the legislature.
The snap election was called barely a month ago as Ford cited needing a “strong mandate” to deal with the threat of tariffs from the United States.
Voter turnout in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry was 43.97 per cent, about two per cent above the provincial turnout and over two per cent higher than in 2022.
Quinn won SDSG with 23,846 votes. In claiming 62.03 per cent of the vote, and winning by a 16,500 margin, he broke the record set by former-MPP Jim McDonell in 2018 for highest percentage of vote and vote margin.
Liberal candidate Devon Monkhouse received 19.1 per cent of the local vote, or 7,346 votes. NDP candidate Jeremy Rose earned 12.4 per cent of the vote, or 4,760 votes. Nicholas Lapierre with the Green Party of Ontario received 2.5 per cent of the vote, or 969 votes, while Stefan Kohut with the New Blue Party received 812 votes or 2.1 per cent. Brigitte Sugrue with the Ontario Party finished sixth with 710 votes, or 1.8 per cent. Both Monkhouse and Lapierre were parachute candidates by their respective parties.
More election results will be available in the March 5, 2025 print edition of The Leader.
Editor’s Note – This article was updated February 28, 2025 with updated vote results and seat counts.
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