Lorne Coe
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Gender:
Male
The details
Biography
Introduction
Lorne Earle Coe (born c. 1950) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Whitby—Oshawa and was first elected in a by-election held on 11 February 2016. Coe was elected with 52% of the vote compared to 28% for his closest rival, Elizabeth Roy of the Ontario Liberal Party. Coe served on Whitby Town Council for 13 years, first as a town councillor and as a regional councillor from 2010 until his election to the provincial legislature in 2016.
Prior to entering politics Coe had worked in both the private sector and for several ministries in the provincial government.
Electoral record
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016: Whitby—Oshawa Resignation of Christine Elliott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 17,053 | 52.92 | +12.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Roy | 8,865 | 27.51 | -3.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 5,172 | 16.05 | -6.99 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 529 | 1.64 | -2.63 | ||||
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 261 | 0.81 | – | ||||
| Independent | Above Znoneofthe | 140 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Adam McEwan | 109 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| People's Political Party | Garry Cuthbert | 52 | 0.16 | – | ||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 34 | 0.11 | -0.44 | ||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,226 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 61 | 0.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,287 | 28.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 111,566 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.13 | ||||||
| Source(s) Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016). "Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2016. | ||||||||