Terence Kernaghan
Terence Kernaghan | |
|---|---|
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| Critic, Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 | |
| Leader | Peter Tabuns (interim) |
| Critic, LGBTQ Issues | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for London North Centre | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Deb Matthews |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Jim Mastronardi |
| Residence(s) | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Teacher, Librarian |
Terence Devin Kernaghan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of London North Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.
He is the first openly gay MPP to be elected to the legislature from the city of London.[1]
Background
[edit]Terence is the son of the late great sportswriter and columnist Jim Kernaghan.[2]
Election results
[edit]| 2022 Ontario general election: London North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Terence Kernaghan | 17,082 | 39.65 | −7.95 | $128,057 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jerry Pribil | 13,051 | 30.29 | −0.57 | $114,458 | |||
| Liberal | Kate Graham | 9,013 | 20.92 | +5.21 | $119,854 | |||
| Green | Carol Dyck | 2,064 | 4.79 | +0.18 | $17,009 | |||
| New Blue | Tommy Caldwell | 1,200 | 2.79 | $7,309 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Darrel Grant | 368 | 0.85 | $0 | ||||
| Freedom | Paul Mckeever | 160 | 0.37 | −0.06 | $0 | |||
| Consensus Ontario | George Le Mac | 147 | 0.34 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,085 | 99.52 | +0.53 | $145,461 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 210 | 0.48 | -0.53 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,295 | 42.13 | -12.82 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 103,903 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −3.69 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: London North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Terence Kernaghan | 25,757 | 47.60 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Truppe | 16,701 | 30.86 | |||||
| Liberal | Kate Graham | 8,501 | 15.71 | |||||
| Green | Carol Dyck | 2,493 | 4.61 | |||||
| Libertarian | Calvin McKay | 299 | 0.55 | |||||
| Freedom | Paul McKeever | 234 | 0.43 | |||||
| Communist | Clara Sorrenti | 128 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 54,113 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "London North Centre: NDP's Kernaghan makes history". London Free Press, June 7, 2018.
- ^ https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-north-centre-ndps-kernaghan-makes-history
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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