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Shaw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Westdale_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Aldershot_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot (provincial electoral district)">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot</a><br /> (2000–2007)</small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1948 (age 75–76)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Waterdown,_Ontario" title="Waterdown, Ontario">Waterdown, Ontario</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Business owner</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ted McMeekin</b> (born <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1948</span>) is a politician in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada. He is the Ward 15 Councillor, for the City of Hamilton. He was a <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario" title="Legislative Assembly of Ontario">Legislative Assembly of Ontario</a> from 2000 to 2018 who represented the ridings of <a href="/wiki/Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Westdale_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Aldershot_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot (provincial electoral district)">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot</a>. He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of <a href="/wiki/Dalton_McGuinty" title="Dalton McGuinty">Dalton McGuinty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Wynne" title="Kathleen Wynne">Kathleen Wynne</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McMeekin completed his bachelor's degree in <a href="/wiki/Social_work" title="Social work">social work</a> at <a href="/wiki/McMaster_University" title="McMaster University">McMaster University</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in social work from <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier_University" title="Wilfrid Laurier University">Wilfrid Laurier University</a>. He has served as executive director of the Burlington Social Planning Council, and was for a time the chair of part-time studies at <a href="/wiki/Mohawk_College" title="Mohawk College">Mohawk College</a> (where he also taught courses). He has also worked on <a href="/wiki/Social_justice" title="Social justice">social justice</a> issues for the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada" title="United Church of Canada">United Church of Canada</a>, and was the owner and operator of a small bookstore for eight years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipal_politics">Municipal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Municipal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before entering provincial politics, McMeekin was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario_City_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamilton, Ontario City Council">Hamilton, Ontario City Council</a> representing Ward 7 (Hamilton Mountain). After retiring from Council, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Flamborough,_Ontario" title="Flamborough, Ontario">Flamborough, Ontario</a>, a rural community which lies on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton</a>, and later served a term of six years as <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McMeekin was also for a number of years Flamborough's representative on the Hamilton-Wentworth regional council, which the provincial government of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Harris" title="Mike Harris">Mike Harris</a> eliminated in 2000 by amalgamating the city and outlying regions into a single political entity. McMeekin was one of the most vocal opponents of this change, noting that it would result in a loss of autonomy for Flamborough. On October 24, 2022 McMeekin returned to municipal politics, after winning a five person race to win a seat on Hamilton City Council in Ward 15. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_politics">Provincial politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Provincial politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>McMeekin's plans to jump from municipal to provincial politics had been rumoured for years,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and it came as no surprise<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (May 2017)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> when he won the Liberal nomination for a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> to be held in ADFA on September 7, 2000 (called following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)">Member of Provincial Parliament</a> (MPP) <a href="/wiki/Toni_Skarica" title="Toni Skarica">Toni Skarica</a>, another vocal opponent of the amalgamation scheme). Although the seat had gone overwhelmingly for the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservatives</a> the previous year, McMeekin defeated PC candidate <a href="/wiki/Priscilla_de_Villiers" title="Priscilla de Villiers">Priscilla de Villiers</a> by over 9,000 votes. The Conservatives had spent $211,989 on his competitor, nearly $80,000 in excess of McMeekin's $132,143.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local opposition to amalgamation was generally cited as the reason for this shift.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2003_Ontario_general_election" title="2003 Ontario general election">provincial election of 2003</a>, McMeekin defeated Tory candidate Mark Mullins by a somewhat reduced margin.<sup id="cite_ref-2003_results_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003_results-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_assistant" title="Parliamentary assistant">parliamentary assistant</a> to <a href="/wiki/John_Gerretsen" title="John Gerretsen">John Gerretsen</a> in his capacity as the minister responsible for seniors from October 23, 2003, to September 27, 2004. On September 27, 2004, he was appointed assistant to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Watson_(Canadian_politician)" title="Jim Watson (Canadian politician)">Jim Watson</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Government_Services_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Government Services (Ontario)">Ministry of Consumer and Business Services</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2007_Ontario_general_election" title="2007 Ontario general election">provincial election of 2007</a>, McMeekin defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Chris Corrigan.<sup id="cite_ref-2007_results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007_results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 30, 2007, McMeekin was named a cabinet minister, responsible for Government and Consumer Services.<sup id="cite_ref-McGuinty2007Cab_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGuinty2007Cab-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2011_Ontario_general_election" title="2011 Ontario general election">2011</a><sup id="cite_ref-2011_results_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011_results-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and appointed <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario)">Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McGuinty2011Cab_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McGuinty2011Cab-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, McMeekin supported <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Wynne" title="Kathleen Wynne">Kathleen Wynne</a> in her bid to become <a href="/wiki/2013_Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election">Liberal leader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Wynne won, she named McMeekin to her first cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Community_and_Social_Services_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Community and Social Services (Ontario)">Minister of Community and Social Services</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2013WynneCab_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2013WynneCab-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McMeekin was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2014_Ontario_general_election" title="2014 Ontario general election">2014</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2014_results_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014_results-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after the election, Wynne appointed McMeekin as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Municipal_Affairs_and_Housing_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)">Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2014WynneCab_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014WynneCab-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from his post in June 2016 to help create gender parity in the cabinet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McMeekin was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Ontario_general_election" title="2018 Ontario general election">2018 election</a>, where he placed third. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cabinet_positions">Cabinet positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border-top: 5px solid #EA6D6A" colspan="3"><b>Ontario provincial government of <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Wynne" title="Kathleen Wynne">Kathleen Wynne</a></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th colspan="3">Cabinet posts (2) </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Predecessor </th> <th scope="col" style="width:290px;text-align:center;">Office </th> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Successor </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mauro" title="Bill Mauro">Bill Mauro</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Municipal_Affairs_and_Housing_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)">Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing</a></b><br />2014–2016 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Mauro" title="Bill Mauro">Bill Mauro</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Chris_Ballard_(politician)" title="Chris Ballard (politician)">Chris Ballard</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Milloy" title="John Milloy">John Milloy</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Community_and_Social_Services_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Community and Social Services (Ontario)">Minister of Community and Social Services</a></b><br />2013–2014 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Helena_Jaczek" title="Helena Jaczek">Helena Jaczek</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center; border-top: 5px solid #EA6D6A" colspan="3"><b>Ontario provincial government of <a href="/wiki/Dalton_McGuinty" title="Dalton McGuinty">Dalton McGuinty</a></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th colspan="3">Cabinet posts (2) </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Predecessor </th> <th scope="col" style="width:290px;text-align:center;">Office </th> <th scope="col" style="width:110px;text-align:center;">Successor </th></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Carol_Mitchell" title="Carol Mitchell">Carol Mitchell</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario)">Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs</a></b><br />2011–2013 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Leal" title="Jeff Leal">Jeff Leal</a><br /><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Wynne" title="Kathleen Wynne">Kathleen Wynne</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td></tr> <tr class="noprint"> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Harinder_Takhar" title="Harinder Takhar">Harinder Takhar</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Small_Business_and_Consumer_Services_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services (Ontario)">Minister of Consumer Services</a></b><br />2007–2010 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Aggelonitis" title="Sophia Aggelonitis">Sophia Aggelonitis</a></b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2018_Ontario_general_election" title="2018 Ontario general election">2018 Ontario general election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Shaw_(politician)" title="Sandy Shaw (politician)">Sandy Shaw</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,921</td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+18.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Ben Levitt</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,189</td> <td style="text-align:right;">31.03</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+5.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,960</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19.79</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-23.42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>Peter Ormond</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,302</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.16</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #808080; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/None_of_the_Above_Direct_Democracy_Party" title="None of the Above Direct Democracy Party">None of the Above</a></td> <td>Stephanie Davies</td> <td style="text-align:right;">399</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.72</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F2BA00; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Libertarian_Party" title="Ontario Libertarian Party">Libertarian</a></td> <td>Nicholas Dushko</td> <td style="text-align:right;">372</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.67</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Jim Enos</td> <td style="text-align:right;">247</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.45</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">55,390</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">99.10</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">505</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.90</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">55,895</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"></span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td style="background:#F4A460;color:black; border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+16.33 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2014_Ontario_general_election" title="2014 Ontario general election">2014 Ontario general election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,042</td> <td style="text-align:right;">44.56</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.86 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Donna Skelly</td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,252</td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.83</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.75 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Alex Johnstone</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,415</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.60</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>Raymond Dartsch</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,639</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.89</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.91 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F2BA00; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Libertarian_Party" title="Ontario Libertarian Party">Libertarian</a></td> <td>Glenn Langton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">423</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.78</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3333CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Ontario" title="Freedom Party of Ontario">Freedom</a></td> <td>Barry Spruce</td> <td style="text-align:right;">188</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.35</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.15 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap">53,959</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap"> +8.57 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">835</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">1.52</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">54,794</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">59.02</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">92,833</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;">+0.80 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; text-align:left; background-color:#F4FFF4;color:black;">Source(s)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/official_GE/GE_2014/ED003-F0244.pdf">"Official return from the records – 003, Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a>. 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 June</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Official+return+from+the+records+%E2%80%93+003%2C+Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Westdale&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft.date=2014&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wemakevotingeasy.ca%2Fmedia%2FEO_Site%2Fofficial_GE%2FGE_2014%2FED003-F0244.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATed+McMeekin" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2011_Ontario_general_election" title="2011 Ontario general election">2011 Ontario general election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">21,648</td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.70</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Donna Skelly</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,132</td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.58</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Trevor Westerhoff</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,521</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.20</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>Erik Coverdale</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,477</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.98</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-5.60 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Family_Coalition_Party_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Coalition Party of Ontario">Family Coalition</a></td> <td>Robert Maton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">321</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.65</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F2BA00; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Libertarian_Party" title="Ontario Libertarian Party">Libertarian</a></td> <td>Glenn Langton</td> <td style="text-align:right;">258</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.52</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.39 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3333CC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Party_of_Ontario" title="Freedom Party of Ontario">Freedom</a></td> <td>Peter Melanson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">99</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.20</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #FF6347; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Ontario)" title="Communist Party of Canada (Ontario)">Communist</a></td> <td>Rick Gunderman Smith</td> <td style="text-align:right;">87</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.18</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">49,543</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> +0.20 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">180</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.36</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">49,723</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">56.45</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap">88,080 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#EA6D6A; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray; border-bottom:none;">+1.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center; text-align:left; background-color:#F4FFF4;color:black;">Source(s)</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/official_GE/ED003-F0244.pdf">"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a>. 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Official+return+from+the+records+%2F+Rapport+des+registres+officiels+-+Ancaster%E2%80%94Dundas%E2%80%94Flamborough%E2%80%94Westdale&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft.date=2011&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wemakevotingeasy.ca%2Fmedia%2FEO_Site%2Fofficial_GE%2FED003-F0244.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATed+McMeekin" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2017">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2007_Ontario_general_election" title="2007 Ontario general election">2007 Ontario general election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,525</td> <td style="text-align:right;">41.5</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Chris Corrigan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,219</td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Juanita Maldonado</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,542</td> <td style="text-align:right;">13.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>David Januczkowski</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,243</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Family_Coalition_Party_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Coalition Party of Ontario">Family Coalition</a></td> <td>Jim Enos</td> <td style="text-align:right;">501</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Martin Zaliniak</td> <td style="text-align:right;">219</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #66CC66; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Confederation_of_Regions_Party" title="Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party">Confederation of Regions</a></td> <td>Eileen Butson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">129</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F2BA00; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Libertarian_Party" title="Ontario Libertarian Party">Libertarian</a></td> <td>Sam Zaslavsky</td> <td style="text-align:right;">65</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"><a href="/wiki/2003_Ontario_general_election" title="2003 Ontario general election">2003 Ontario general election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Party </th> <th style="width: 170px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 40px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/- <br /> (1999) </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/- <br /> (2000) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23,045</td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+14.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-12.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Mark Mullins</td> <td style="text-align:right;">18,141</td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-20.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Kelly Hayes</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,666</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td>Brian Elder Sullivan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">903</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Family_Coalition_Party_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Coalition Party of Ontario">Family Coalition</a></td> <td>Michael Trolly</td> <td style="text-align:right;">434</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #66CC66; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Confederation_of_Regions_Party" title="Ontario Provincial Confederation of Regions Party">Confederation of Regions</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Butson" title="Richard Butson">Richard Butson</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">293</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">By-election: February 7, 2000 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="width: 200px">Party </th> <th style="width: 170px">Candidate </th> <th style="width: 40px">Votes </th> <th style="width: 40px">% </th> <th style="width: 40px">+/- </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td> <td>Ted McMeekin</td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,916</td> <td style="text-align:right;">59.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+26.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_De_Villiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Priscilla De Villiers">Priscilla De Villiers</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">10,201</td> <td style="text-align:right;">30.5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-27.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Jessica Brennan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,297</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Ontario" title="Green Party of Ontario">Green</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Coakley" title="Mark Coakley">Mark Coakley</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,405</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4.14</td> <td style="text-align:right;">- </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Turmel" title="John Turmel">John Turmel</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">80</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Municipal Affairs</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Housing</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Minister of Agriculture and Food</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Minister of Rural Affairs</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ted_McMeekin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrennan2000" class="citation news cs1">Brennan, Richard (4 September 2000). 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