Lise Vaugeois is a Canadian politician and academic. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, Vaugeois was elected to represent district of Thunder Bay—Superior North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 election.[1]
Lise Vaugeois | |
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 Vaugeois in 2022 | |
| Critic, Seniors; Persons Living with Disabilities and Accessibility | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Gravelle |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
Biography
editPreviously Vaugeois was a professor at the Lakehead University. She moved to Thunder Bay to play in the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.[2] Vaugeois unsuccessfully contested the district in the 2018 Ontario general election.[3]
As of August 11, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Seniors, Persons Living with Disabilities, Accessibility, WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board), and Injured Workers.
Electoral record
edit| 2022 Ontario general election: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lise Vaugeois | 8,404 | 34.12 | −3.04 | $82,144 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Peng You | 7,604 | 30.87 | +12.91 | $51,833 | |||
| Liberal | Shelby Ch'ng | 6,966 | 28.28 | −11.59 | $31,738 | |||
| Green | Tracey MacKinnon | 738 | 3.00 | +0.21 | $381 | |||
| Ontario Party | Stephen Hufnagel | 338 | 1.37 | $215 | ||||
| New Blue | Katherine Suutari | 314 | 1.27 | $2,301 | ||||
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Andy Wolff | 145 | 0.59 | −0.66 | $0 | |||
| Consensus Ontario | Adam Cherry | 125 | 0.51 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 24,634 | 99.34 | +0.21 | $90,488 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 165 | 0.66 | -0.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,799 | 43.24 | -10.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 57,378 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | −7.97 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 11,973 | 39.86 | -16.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lise Vaugeois | 11,160 | 37.16 | +7.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Derek Parks | 5,395 | 17.96 | +10.78 | ||||
| Green | Amanda Moddejonge | 838 | 2.79 | -0.81 | ||||
| Northern Ontario | Andy Wolff | 376 | 1.25 | +0.79 | ||||
| Libertarian | Tony Gallo | 148 | 0.49 | -2.83 | ||||
| Trillium | Louise Ewen | 145 | 0.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 30,035 | 99.13 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 264 | 0.87 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,299 | 53.84 | +3.43 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 56,277 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Vaugeois takes Thunder Bay-Superior North as NDP snap Liberal stronghold". CBC News Thunder Bay, June 2, 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Profile TB-Superior North: Lise Vaugeois (NDP)". 27 May 2022.
- ^ "Candidate Profile TB-Superior North: Lise Vaugeois (NDP)". TBNewsWatch.com. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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