Lorne Coe
Lorne Coe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Whitby Whitby—Oshawa (2016-2018) | |
| Assumed office February 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Elliott |
| Durham Regional Councillor | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – February 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gerry Emm |
| Succeeded by | Derrick Gleed |
| Constituency | Whitby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Lorne Earle Coe (born c. 1950) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Whitby and was first elected in a by-election held on 11 February 2016.[1] Coe was elected with 52% of the vote compared to 28% for his closest rival, Elizabeth Roy of the Ontario Liberal Party.[2] Coe served on Whitby Town Council for 13 years, first as a town councillor and as a regional councillor from 2010 until his election to the provincial legislature in 2016.[3]
In January 2018, after party leader Patrick Brown stepped down and was replaced by Vic Fedeli, Coe replaced Brown as the party's education critic.[4]
Prior to entering politics Coe had worked in both the private sector and for several ministries in the provincial government.[3]
Electoral record
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016: Whitby—Oshawa Resignation of Christine Elliott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 17,053 | 52.92 | +12.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Roy | 8,865 | 27.51 | −3.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 5,172 | 16.05 | −6.99 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 529 | 1.64 | −2.63 | ||||
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 261 | 0.81 | – | ||||
| Independent | Above Znoneofthe | 140 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Adam McEwan | 109 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| People's Political Party | Garry Cuthbert | 52 | 0.16 | – | ||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 34 | 0.11 | −0.44 | ||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,226 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 61 | 0.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,287 | 28.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 111,566 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.13 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016). "Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2016. | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Tory Lorne Coe wins Whitby-Oshawa byelection". Toronto Star. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "PC's Lorne Coe wins big in Whitby-Ontario by-election". Globe and Mail. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Whitby councillors take different approaches to provincial byelection run". Whitby This Week. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Ontario Progressive Conservatives shuffle critic roles after Patrick Brown resignation". Global News. The Canadian Press. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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