The Green Party of Ontario’s leader has once again secured his seat in Guelph.
Within 10 minutes of polls closing, the CTV News Decision Desk made the call that Mike Schreiner had been re-elected.
This is the third time voters in Guelph have decided to send Schreiner to Queen’s Park as their representative.
Schreiner claimed 56.9 per cent of the vote by the time all polls had reported their results. His next closest opponent was PC Robert Coole with 23.9 per cent.
Following the win, Schreiner thanked supporters for their support, but he acknowledged the night was bittersweet. Although Schreiner and the Green Party’s Deputy Leader Aislinn Clancy both came out victorious, the Greens had been hoping to gain some ground and claim another seat in Parry Sound – Muskoka. The candidate there, Matt Richter, fell to incumbent PC Graydon Smith.
Despite the disappointment, Schreiner said, “Now is not the time to agonize, but to organize.”
