Ontario Votes 2018: StormontDundasSouth Glengarry

Made up of a number of rural townships and the city of Cornwall, the riding of StormontDundasSouth Glengarry has been a PC seat since 2011, when incumbent Jim McDonell was first elected.

The latest census shows this riding has a lower-than-average household income and a significant francophone population based mainly in Cornwall.

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StormontDundasSouthGlengarryremainedunchanged after the 2017 riding boundary changes.

Who's running?

PC incumbent Jim McDonell took a commanding 51.72 per cent of the votes cast in the last general election and had a similarly strong result in 2011, when heturned the riding blue.

Prior to that election, the seat had beenLiberal since its creation in 1998. But in the past two elections, the Liberalsand the New Democrats have largely split the remaining votes, each taking between 20 and 23 per cent.

Heather Megill, an elementary school teacher, will represent the Liberals in this election. The New Democrats have put Marc Benoit, a freelance reporter and international student adviser atSt. Lawrence College, on theticket.

Elaine Kennedyis running for the Green Party, having run federally for the party in this riding in 2015 and provincially back in 2007.

SabileTrimm is on the ballot for the Ontario Libertarian Party, and Mark Dickson is running for the Trillium Party.

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