2024 Milton provincial by-election explained
| Election Name: | 2024 Milton provincial by-election |
| Country: | Ontario |
| Seats For Election: | Riding of Milton |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Ontario general election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 44th Ontario general election |
| Next Year: | 44th |
| Turnout: | 27.72% (14.99) |
| Candidate1: | Zee Hamid |
| Last Election1: | 43.07% |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,880 |
| Percentage1: | 47.04% |
| Swing1: | 3.97 |
| Candidate2: | Galen Naidoo Harris |
| Last Election2: | 38.75% |
| Popular Vote2: | 10,473 |
| Percentage2: | 38.25% |
| Swing2: | 0.51 |
| Image3: | NDP |
| Candidate3: | Edie Strachan |
| Last Election3: | 9.70% |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,851 |
| Percentage3: | 6.76% |
| Swing3: | 2.94 |
|
| Posttitle: | Elected |
| Before Election: | Parm Gill |
| After Election: | Zee Hamid |
A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Milton in Ontario on May 2, 2024, to elect a new member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the resignation of Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister Parm Gill in order to run in the 45th Canadian federal election.[1]
It was held the same day as the 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election.[2]
Candidates
- Progressive Conservative - Zee Hamid.[3]
- Liberal - Galen Naidoo Harris, son of former Milton MPP Indira Naidoo-Harris, local resident and political staffer.[4]
- NDP - Edie Strachan, public servant.[5]
- Green - Kyle Hutton, community activist and data organizer, contested Burlington in 2022.[6]
- New Blue - John Spina, former director in the electrical utility industry.[7]
- Ontario Party - Frederick Weening, contested Algoma—Manitoulin in 2022.[8]
- Family Rights - Tony Walton, leader of the Family Rights Party, entrepreneur, and Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda candidate in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election.[9]
- Independent - John Turmel, perennial candidate
- Independent - Arabella Vida, charity worker.[10]
Polling
| Polling firm | Last date
of polling | Source | PC | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | Margin of error | Sample size | Polling type | Lead |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| Liaison Strategies | April 25, 2024 | [11] | 39% | | 41% | 9% | 5% | 6% | ±4.71% | 433 | IVR | | 2% |
| Mainstreet Research | April 18, 2024 | [12] | | 43% | | 43% | 6% | 6% | 3% | ±5.3% | 348 | Telephone | Tie |
| Liaison Strategies | March 28, 2024 | [13] | | 39% | | 39% | 10% | 5% | 6% | ±4.62% | 451 | IVR | Tie | |
See also
Notes and References
- News: 2024-01-25 . Ontario cabinet minister Parm Gill quits to run for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives . 2024-04-04 . The Globe and Mail . en-CA.
- Web site: Ontario Newsroom . 2024-04-04 . news.ontario.ca.
- Web site: Wilkinson . Cameron . Ontario PC Party announces Zeeshan Hamid as Milton candidate . 2024-04-04 . FM101 Milton Now . en.
- Web site: Cilliers . Roland . 2024-03-26 . Ontario Liberals select son of former MPP as candidate for provincial byelection . 2024-04-04 . Inside Halton . en.
- Web site: Cilliers . Roland . 2024-04-12 . ‘A moment that matters’: Ontario NDP nominate public servant for Milton provincial seat . 2024-04-20 . Inside Halton . en.
- Web site: Cilliers . Roland . 2024-04-04 . ‘Small but mighty’: Ontario Greens nominate community activist for Milton provincial seat . 2024-04-20 . Inside Halton . en.
- Web site: Champion . Bambang Sadewo Milton Canadian . 2022-05-16 . Meet John Spina, New Blue’s provincial election candidate for Milton . 2024-04-20 . Inside Halton . en.
- Web site: 2022-05-25 . Big names running to represent Algoma-Manitoulin . 2024-04-20 . Northern Ontario . en.
- Web site: Registered Political Parties . . 26 April 2024.
- Web site: Our Campaigns - Candidate - Arabella Vida . 2024-04-20 . www.ourcampaigns.com.
- Web site: Byelection surveys for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada . Liaison Strategies . 26 April 2024 . 26 April 2024.
- Web site: Martin . Robert . Mainstreet By-election Poll: Milton, Public . Mainstreet Research . 23 April 2024 . 23 April 2024.
- Web site: Byelection surveys for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada . Liaison Strategies . 3 April 2024 . 4 April 2024.
