Jamie West
Jamie West | |
|---|---|
.jpg) West in 2019 | |
| Critic, Labour | |
| Assumed office August 23, 2018 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Sudbury | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Glenn Thibeault |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Occupation | Smelter Worker Safety Representative, Flash Furnace Operator, Trade unionist, university professor |
Jamie West is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Sudbury as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Labour, Training, and Skills Development.
Prior to his election to the legislature, West worked for Vale Limited's smelter operation in Sudbury, and served as president of the Sudbury and District Labour Council.[2] West also taught labour studies at Laurentian University.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Ontario general election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jamie West | 12,013 | 40.85 | −7.22 | $76,331 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Marc Despatie | 8,519 | 28.97 | +5.73 | $66,299 | |||
| Liberal | David Farrow | 5,727 | 19.47 | −2.95 | $57,197 | |||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,480 | 5.03 | +0.87 | $23,082 | |||
| New Blue | Sheldon Pressey | 724 | 2.46 | $8,572 | ||||
| Libertarian | Adrien Berthier | 504 | 1.71 | +1.13 | $253 | |||
| Ontario Party | Jason LaFace | 353 | 1.20 | $366 | ||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 90 | 0.31 | $146 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 29,410 | 99.32 | +0.36 | $95,253 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 203 | 0.68 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 29,613 | 44.60 | -9.62 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,036 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −6.48 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie West | 17,386 | 48.07 | +12.92 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Troy Crowder | 8,405 | 23.24 | +15.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Thibeault | 8,108 | 22.42 | -18.83 | ||||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,504 | 4.16 | +0.92 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | Mila Chavez Wong | 284 | 0.79 | |||||
| Libertarian | James Wendler | 212 | 0.59 | |||||
| None of the Above | David Sylvestre | 186 | 0.51 | |||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 82 | 0.23 | +0.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,167 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54.9 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 65,850 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "New Democrats take Sudbury riding". CBC Northern Ontario. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Meet Sudbury's newest NDP candidate: Jamie West". Northern Life, April 25, 2017.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10-11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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