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#202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Provincial_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ontario Provincial Parliament">Ontario Provincial Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 8, 1995 – October 10, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Gigantes" title="Evelyn Gigantes">Evelyn Gigantes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yasir_Naqvi" title="Yasir Naqvi">Yasir Naqvi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 10, 1987 – September 6, 1990</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Evelyn Gigantes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Evelyn Gigantes</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"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1942-05-13</span>)</span>May 13, 1942<br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 30, 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-12-30)</span> (aged 79)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada</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">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">YMCA Manager</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Richard Andrew Patten</b> (May 13, 1942 – December 30, 2021) was a Canadian politician. Patten 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 1987 to 1990 and again from 1995 to 2007. He represented the riding of <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a>. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of <a href="/wiki/David_Peterson" title="David Peterson">David Peterson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Patten&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Patten was educated at <a href="/wiki/Concordia_University_(Montreal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia University (Montreal)">Sir George Williams University</a> in Montreal. He worked as a manager with the <a href="/wiki/Young_Men%27s_Christian_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Young Men's Christian Association">Young Men's Christian Association</a> (YMCA), and served as President of the <i>Canadian Council for International Cooperation</i>. Patten sat on an <a href="/wiki/Non-Government_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Government Organization">NGO</a> advisory committee to the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> while with the CCIC. He died on December 30, 2021, at the age of 79.<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Patten&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1987_Ontario_general_election" title="1987 Ontario general election">1987 provincial election</a>, Patten ran as the <a href="/wiki/Ontario_Liberal_Party" title="Ontario Liberal Party">Liberal</a> candidate in the riding of <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a>. He defeated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party" title="Ontario New Democratic Party">New Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Gigantes" title="Evelyn Gigantes">Evelyn Gigantes</a> by just over 2,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-1987_Election_Results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987_Election_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Liberal party won the election and Patten was appointed <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Government_Services_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Government Services (Ontario)">Minister of Government Services</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1987PetCab_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1987PetCab-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1989 he was shuffled to <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Correctional_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Correctional Services">Minister of Correctional Services</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1989PetCab_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1989PetCab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1990_Ontario_general_election" title="1990 Ontario general election">1990 provincial election</a> Patten was defeated by his NDP rival Gigantes.<sup id="cite_ref-1990_Election_Results_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1990_Election_Results-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next five years, Patten served as President and CEO of the <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Hospital_of_Eastern_Ontario" title="Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario">Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario</a> (CHEO) Foundation, doing extensive fund-raising work for the organization. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1995_Ontario_general_election" title="1995 Ontario general election">1995 provincial election</a> Patten campaigned against Gigantes once again this time defeating her by 1,700 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-1995_Election_Results_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1995_Election_Results-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario">Progressive Conservatives</a> won the election, and Patten joined 29 other Liberals in the opposition. He attempted to mobilize a campaign for the <a href="/wiki/1996_Ontario_Liberal_Party_leadership_election" title="1996 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election">party's leadership in 1996</a>, but failed in this effort and subsequently supported <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Duncan" title="Dwight Duncan">Dwight Duncan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Duncan was eliminated after the third ballot, he endorsed <a href="/wiki/Dalton_McGuinty" title="Dalton McGuinty">Dalton McGuinty</a>, the eventual winner.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/1999_Ontario_general_election" title="1999 Ontario general election">1999 provincial election</a>, Patten was re-elected over Progressive Conservative Ray Kostuch and New Democrat <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Arnold" title="Elisabeth Arnold">Elisabeth Arnold</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1999_Election_Results_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1999_Election_Results-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Progressive Conservatives again won the election, and Patten remained in opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-PetProjects_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PetProjects-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patten was treated for <a href="/wiki/Non-Hodgkin%27s_lymphoma" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma">non-Hodgkin's lymphoma</a> during this parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Liberals won the <a href="/wiki/2003_Ontario_general_election" title="2003 Ontario general election">2003 election</a> and he was re-elected again by over 10,000 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-PetProjects_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PetProjects-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2003_Election_Results_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2003_Election_Results-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-retire_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retire-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this session he served as <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_assistant" title="Parliamentary assistant">parliamentary assistant</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Ontario)" title="Ministry of Education (Ontario)">Minister of Education</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Development_and_Innovation_(Ontario)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (Ontario)">Minister of Economic Development and Trade</a> and to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Patten maintained a strong interest in the CHEO and devoted legislative efforts towards the centre's operations.<sup id="cite_ref-PetProjects_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PetProjects-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 March 2007, Patten announced he would not seek re-election in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Ontario_general_election" title="2007 Ontario general election">upcoming election</a>, preferring to focus on work with the CHEO Foundation.<sup id="cite_ref-retire_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retire-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Richard_Patten&action=edit&section=3" 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/David_Peterson" title="David Peterson">David Peterson</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/David_Ramsay_(Ontario_politician)" title="David Ramsay (Ontario politician)">David Ramsay</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Correctional_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Correctional Services">Minister 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style="text-align:right;">11,362</td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.98</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−2.48</td> <td style="text-align:right;">49,598.63 </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>Joe Varner</td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,217</td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.69</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−10.05</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,112.70 </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/Chris_Bradshaw" title="Chris Bradshaw">Chris Bradshaw</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,821</td> <td 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style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 360 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 0.72 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> −0.11 </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"> 49,793 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 55.63 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> +2.67 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px 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.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://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=ottawa+centre&flag=E&layout=G">"General Election of October 2, 2003 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=General+Election+of+October+2%2C+2003+%E2%80%94+Statistical+Summary&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresults.elections.on.ca%2Fresults%2F2003_results%2Fstat_summary.jsp%3Fe_code%3D38%26rec%3D0%26district%3Dottawa%2Bcentre%26Search%3D%2BSearch%2B%26flag%3DE%26layout%3DG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span><hr /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.elections.on.ca/stats/03files/03caar.htm">"2003 Candidate and Constituency Association Returns — Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=2003+Candidate+and+Constituency+Association+Returns+%E2%80%94+Candidate+Campaign+Returns+%28CR-1%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.elections.on.ca%2Fstats%2F03files%2F03caar.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1999_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template:1999 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1999_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template talk:1999 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1999_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1999 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1999_Ontario_general_election" title="1999 Ontario general election">1999 Ontario general election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a></span> </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> <th width="90px">Expenditures </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><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Patten</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,956</td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.09</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$ 48,983.01 </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>Ray Kostuch</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,403</td> <td style="text-align:right;">32.74</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.10</td> <td style="text-align:right;">54,104.81 </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><a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Arnold" title="Elisabeth Arnold">Elisabeth Arnold</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,977</td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.46</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−7.77</td> <td style="text-align:right;">58,863.46 </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/Chris_Bradshaw" title="Chris Bradshaw">Chris Bradshaw</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,231</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.39</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,119.65 </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>Marvin Glass</td> <td style="text-align:right;">174</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.37</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.37</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,384.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Wayne Foster</td> <td style="text-align:right;">170</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.36</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.93</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00 </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>Mistahi Corkill</td> <td style="text-align:right;">132</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.28</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 47,043 </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">+65.64 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> $ 85,987.20</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 395 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 0.83 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> −0.27 </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"> 47,438 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 52.96 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">−10.92 </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"> 89,570 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap">  </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;border-bottom:none;"><span class="nowrap">+99.23 </span> </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://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=ottawa+centre&flag=E&layout=G">"General Election of June 3 1999 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=General+Election+of+June+3+1999+%E2%80%94+Summary+of+Valid+Ballots+by+Candidate&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresults.elections.on.ca%2Fresults%2F1999_results%2Fvalid_votes.jsp%3Fe_code%3D37%26rec%3D0%26district%3Dottawa%2Bcentre%26flag%3DE%26layout%3DG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span><hr /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=ottawa+centre&Search=+Search+&flag=E&layout=G">"General Election of June 3 1999 — Statistical Summary"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=General+Election+of+June+3+1999+%E2%80%94+Statistical+Summary&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresults.elections.on.ca%2Fresults%2F1999_results%2Fstat_summary.jsp%3Fe_code%3D37%26rec%3D0%26district%3Dottawa%2Bcentre%26Search%3D%2BSearch%2B%26flag%3DE%26layout%3DG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span><hr /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.elections.on.ca/stats/099files/99caar.htm">"1999 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses – Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=1999+Summary+of+Income+and+Campaign+Expenses+%E2%80%93+Candidate+Campaign+Returns+%28CR-1%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.elections.on.ca%2Fstats%2F099files%2F99caar.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1995_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template:1995 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1995_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template talk:1995 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1995_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1995 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1995_Ontario_general_election" title="1995 Ontario general election">1995 Ontario general election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a></span> </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> <th width="90px">Expenditures </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><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Patten</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,150</td> <td style="text-align:right;">39.26</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.98</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$ 44,245.00 </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><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Gigantes" title="Evelyn Gigantes">Evelyn Gigantes</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,438</td> <td style="text-align:right;">33.23</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−14.47</td> <td style="text-align:right;">39,455.24 </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 Thompson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,715</td> <td style="text-align:right;">23.64</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+14.70</td> <td style="text-align:right;">31,048.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #E6E6FA; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party_of_Canada" title="Natural Law Party of Canada">Natural Law</a></td> <td>Ron Parker</td> <td style="text-align:right;">365</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.29</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00 </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>Andrew Van Iterson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">349</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.23</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−0.66</td> <td style="text-align:right;">200.00 </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>Malek Khouri</td> <td style="text-align:right;">210</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.74</td> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,086.25 </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 C. Turmel</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">173</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.61</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.08</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.00 </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"> 28,400 </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"> −6.72 </span></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 colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 317 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 1.10 </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"> 28,717 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 63.88 </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"> 44,958 </span> </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://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=ottawa+centre&flag=E&layout=G">"General Election of June 8 1995 — Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=General+Election+of+June+8+1995+%E2%80%94+Summary+of+Valid+Ballots+by+Candidate&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresults.elections.on.ca%2Fresults%2F1995_results%2Fvalid_votes.jsp%3Fe_code%3D36%26rec%3D0%26district%3Dottawa%2Bcentre%26flag%3DE%26layout%3DG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span><hr /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=ottawa+centre&flag=E&layout=G">"General Election of June 8 1995 — Statistical Summary"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elections_Ontario" title="Elections Ontario">Elections Ontario</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=General+Election+of+June+8+1995+%E2%80%94+Statistical+Summary&rft.pub=Elections+Ontario&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresults.elections.on.ca%2Fresults%2F1995_results%2Fstat_summary.jsp%3Fe_code%3D36%26rec%3D0%26district%3Dottawa%2Bcentre%26flag%3DE%26layout%3DG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span><hr /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.elections.on.ca/stats/095files/advert.doc">"1995 Summary of Income and Campaign Expenses"</a> (<span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MS_word_DOC_icon_(2003-2007).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg/18px-MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg/27px-MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg/36px-MS_word_DOC_icon_%282003-2007%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="46" data-file-height="45" /></a></span> Word'95 .doc)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</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=1995+Summary+of+Income+and+Campaign+Expenses&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.elections.on.ca%2Fstats%2F095files%2Fadvert.doc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARichard+Patten" class="Z3988"></span></div></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1990_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template:1990 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1990_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template talk:1990 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1990_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1990 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1990_Ontario_general_election" title="1990 Ontario general election">1990 Ontario general election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a></span> </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: #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/Evelyn_Gigantes" title="Evelyn Gigantes">Evelyn Gigantes</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">14,522</td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.70</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+7.64 </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><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Patten</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,656</td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.28</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−8.88 </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>Alex Burney</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,723</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.94</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.8 </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>John Gray</td> <td style="text-align:right;">809</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.66</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>Bill Hipwell</td> <td style="text-align:right;">576</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.89</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;">160</td> <td style="text-align:right;">0.53</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.50 </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"> 30,446</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"> +3.54 </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1987_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template:1987 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1987_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Template talk:1987 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1987_Ontario_general_election/Ottawa_Centre" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1987 Ontario general election/Ottawa Centre"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1987_Ontario_general_election" title="1987 Ontario general election">1987 Ontario general election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Ottawa Centre (provincial electoral district)">Ottawa Centre</a></span> </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><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richard Patten</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,867</td> <td style="text-align:right;">47.16</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+21.20 </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><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Gigantes" title="Evelyn Gigantes">Evelyn Gigantes</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">11,780</td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.06</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.39 </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>Greg Vezina</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,159</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.74</td> <td style="text-align:right;">−18.51 </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;">598</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.03</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.70 </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">29,404 </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"> +7.46 </span> </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=Richard_Patten&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><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"> <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 class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/former-ottawa-centre-mpp-richard-patten-dead-at-79">"Former Ottawa Centre MPP Richard Patten dead at 79"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Citizen" title="Ottawa Citizen">Ottawa Citizen</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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