{"id":18164,"date":"2025-02-25T23:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ontario-election-2025-barrie-springwater-oro-medonte-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T23:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T23:43:29","slug":"ontario-election-2025-barrie-springwater-oro-medonte-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/ontario-election-2025-barrie-springwater-oro-medonte-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario election 2025: Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<p>Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte is a provincial riding located in Central Ontario. This riding is currently represented by PC Party of Ontario MPP Doug Downey who first took office in 2018. Downey collected 16,631 votes, winning 42.1 per cent of the vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election. <\/p>\n<p>Voters will decide who will represent Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte in Central Ontario during the upcoming Ontario provincial election on February 27, 2025. Visit this page on election night for a complete breakdown of up to the minute results.<\/p>\n<div data-shortcode=\"election-candidates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-article__sectionAnchor c-sectionHeading__anchor\" id=\"candidates\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"c-sectionHeading__title\">\n\t\t\t\tCandidates\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>PC Party of Ontario:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoug Downey\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Incumbent)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ontario NDP:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTracey Lapham\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Ontario Liberal Party:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRose Zacharias\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Green Party of Ontario:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Grant\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>New Blue Party of Ontario:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Della Ventura\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Libertarian:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErin Patterson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11025799\/ontario-election-2025-barrie-springwater-oro-medonte\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte is a provincial riding located in Central Ontario. This riding is currently represented by PC Party of Ontario MPP Doug Downey who first took office in 2018. Downey collected 16,631 votes, winning 42.1 per cent of the vote in the 2022 Ontario provincial election. 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