John Yakabuski re-elected in Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke
CBC News | Posted: June 8, 2018 1:26 AM | Last Updated: June 8, 2018
PC incumbent John Yakabuski has taken more than 60 per cent of the vote in past elections
Progressive Conservative incumbent John Yakabuski has been re-elected in the provincial riding of Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke.
With all polls counted, Yakabuski, who has served as the region's MPP since 2003, has 69.2 per cent of the vote, with 25,284 more votes than the next closest candidate, New Democratic Party candidate Ethel LaValley.
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Since the riding was created in 1998, it has only gone Liberal once. The party was defeated by PC John Yakabuski in 2003 and the former real estate agent and business owner took at least 60 per cent of the vote in the past three general elections.
Made up of a number of rural communities, Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke has the lowest population density of any of the eastern Ontario ridings and a strong history of going Conservative. The riding includes Pembroke, Deep River, Renfrew, Petawawa and Arnprior.
The latest census shows the riding has a higher-than-average proportion of Indigenous people at 8.7 per cent of the population, and the average household income dips below the provincial average.
Also running in the riding were:
- Jackie Agnew, a municipal councillor in Bonnechere Valley Township, running for the Liberal Party.
- Anna Dolan, running for the Green Party.
- Murray Reid, running for the Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party.
- Jesse Wood, representing the Libertarian Party.