Patrice Barnes

Patrice Barnes
Barnes as deputy speaker.
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Ajax
In office
June 2, 2022 – January 28, 2025
Preceded byRod Phillips
Succeeded byRob Cerjanec
Personal details
BornJamaica
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Patrice Barnes is a Canadian politician and former school trustee[1] who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, she represented the riding of Ajax.[2][3]

Political career

Barnes was first elected in the 2022 Ontario general election[2] and was appointed deputy speaker in 2023.[4]

In the 2025 general election, Barnes lost reelection to Ontario Liberal candidate Rob Cerjanec by 0.8% of the vote.[3][5]

Electoral history

2025 Ontario general election: Ajax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Cerjanec 18,499 44.96 +8.98
Progressive Conservative 18,168 44.16 +3.47
New Democratic Arthur Augustine 2,884 7.01 –9.68
Green Cory Feferman 866 2.10 –1.36
New Blue Chris Rees 413 1.00 –0.66
Centrist Sarah Qureshi 312 0.76 N/A
Total valid vote/expense limits 41,142 99.64 +0.19
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 148 0.36 –0.19
Turnout 41,290 41.85 +1.89
Eligible voters 98,655
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +2.76
Source: Elections Ontario[6]
2022 Ontario general election: Ajax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative 15,336 40.69 +1.65
Liberal Amber Bowen 13,561 35.98 +10.18
New Democratic Christine Santos 6,291 16.69 −14.27
Green Neil Runnalls 1,305 3.46 +0.96
New Blue Garry Reader 625 1.66  
Ontario Party Aaron Hopkins 330 0.88  
Independent Intab Ali 127 0.34  
Independent Allen Hadley 112 0.30  
Total valid votes 37,687 99.45
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 209 0.55 -0.30
Turnout 37,896 39.96 -14.67
Eligible voters 94,835
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −4.27
Source(s)
  • "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario.

References

  1. ^ "PC Patrice Barnes elected in Ajax". The Toronto Star. 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Marco Chown Oved (June 2, 2022). "PC Patrice Barnes elected in Ajax". Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781.
  3. ^ a b "Ontario election: Live results from the 2025 vote | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  4. ^ "'Sometimes it gets very heated in the House' -Patrice Barnes". The Caribbean Camera. 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  5. ^ Calis, Kristen (2025-02-28). "New Liberal Rob Cerjanec claims victory in Ajax after a tight election against incumbent Patrice Barnes". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  6. ^ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.

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