Laura Smith (Canadian politician)

Laura Smith
MPP
Smith in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Thornhill
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byGila Martow
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Laura Smith MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Thornhill as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1] Smith previously managed a litigation company.[2] She currently serves as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.[3][4]

Electoral history

2022 Ontario general election: Thornhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Laura Smith 18,395 53.28 −7.84
Liberal Laura Mirabella 10,247 29.68 +14.90
New Democratic Jasleen Kambo 2,698 7.82 −11.51
Green Daniella Mikanovsky 1,155 3.35 +1.14
New Blue Yakov Zarkhine 931 2.70  
Ontario Party Igor Tvorogov 351 1.02  
Independent Jacob Joel Ginsberg 261 0.76  
No Affiliation Hiten Patel 195 0.56  
Moderate Aleksei Polyakov 105 0.30 −0.07
Independent Brandon Ying 100 0.29  
Freedom of Choice Roman Pesis 84 0.24  
Total valid votes 34,522 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 298
Turnout 34,820 39.88
Eligible voters 87,082
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −11.37
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References

  1. ^ Team, Torstar Open Data (2022-06-02). "PC Laura Smith wins in Thornhill". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ "Laura Smith Nominated as Ontario PC Candidate for Thornhill". PC Party of Ontario. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  3. ^ "Laura Smith | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  4. ^ "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-09.


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