By-Election Results: Nothing Changes, Everything Stays the Same

There were five by-elections yesterday, and anyone expecting a big political shake-up is bound to be disappointed at the following news.

Results courtesy of Elections Canada

Calgary Heritage (Turnout: 33.47 %)

Bob Benzen (Conservative) – 19,389 (71.5 %)
Scott Forsyth (Liberal) – 5,889 (21.7 %)
Khalis Ahmed (NDP) – 784 (2.9 %)
Taryn Knorren (Green) – 484 (1.8 %)
Jeff Willerton (Christian Heritage Party) – 383 (1.4 %)
Darcy Gerow (Libertarian) – 113 (0.4 %)
Stephen J. Garvey (National Advancement) – 79 (0.3 %)

Calgary Midnapore (Turnout: 32.53 %)

Stephanie Kusie (Conservative) – 22,454 (77.2 %)
Liberal Haley Brown (Liberal) – 4,950 (17.0 %)
Holly Heffernan (NDP) – 735 (2.5 %)
Ryan Zedic (Green) – 625 (2.1 %)
Larry R. Heather (Christian Heritage Party) – 251 (0.9 %)
Kulbir Singh Chawla (National Advancement) – 81 (0.3 %)

Markham—Thornhill (Turnout: 27.51 %)

Mary Ng (Liberal) – 9,856 (51.3 %)
Ragavan Paranchothy (Conservative) – 7,501 (39.0 %)
Gregory Hines (NDP) – 671 (3.5 %)
Dorian Baxter (PC Party) – 566 (2.9 %)
Caryn Bergmann (Green) – 426 2.2 %
Brendan Thomas Reilly (Libertarian) – 118 (0.6 %)
Above Znoneofthe (Independent) – 77 (0.4 %)

Ottawa—Vanier (Turnout: 34.1 %)

Mona Fortier (Liberal) – 15,190 (51.2 %)
Emilie Taman (NDP) – 8,523 (28.7 %)
Adrian Paul Papara (Conservative) – 4,578 (15.4 %)
Nira Dookeran (Green) – 987 (3.3 %)
John “The Engineer” Turmel (Independent) – 153 (0.5 %)
Damien Wilson (Libertarian) – 137 (0.5 %)
Christina Wilson (Independent) – 99 (0.3 %)

Saint-Laurent (Turnout: 27.97 %)

Emmanuella Lambropoulos (Liberal) – 11,461 (59.1 %)
Jimmy Yu (Conservative) – 3,784 (19.5 %)
Daniel Green (Green) – 1,548 (8.0 %)
Mathieu Auclair (NDP) – 1,511 (7.8 %)
William Fayad (Bloc Québécois) – 951 (4.9 %)
Chinook Blais-Leduc (Rhinoceros) – 129 (0.7 %)