Voters are set to select the 44th provincial government today, including a fresh batch of MPPs.
Keep an eye on GuelphToday.com throughout the evening as results roll in both provincially and locally. We’ll have news reporters on-scene with the various local major party candidates.
WHERE AND WHEN DO I VOTE?
Polls are open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at various locations throughout the riding. For information about station locations, click here and enter your postal code.
Vote tallying will begin soon after the polls close and, in the past, unofficial results are generally known within a few hours.
Not everyone has received a voter information card at this point, but there’s no need to worry.
“You do not need your voter information card to vote. Bring one piece of ID with your name and home address when you go to vote,” the Elections Ontario website states.
WHO'S RUNNING IN GUELPH?
There are five candidates in the running for Guelph: Robert Coole for the Progressive Conservatives, Carina Fraser for New Blue, Mike Schreiner for the Green Party, Cameron Spence for the NDP and Mustafa Zuberi for the Liberal Party.
Here’s where they’ll be:
- Zuberi will be at Liberal Party headquarters (450 Speedvale Ave. W., second floor)
- Spence will be at Which Craft (91 Wyndham St. N.)
- Schreiner will be at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre (50 Stone Rd. W.)
- Coole will be at PC Party headquarters (336 Speedvale Ave. W.).
Eligible voters must be at least 18 years old, a Canadian citizen and a resident of Ontario.
During three days of advance polls in the city, last Thursday through Saturday, saw 8,503 votes cast in the riding, Elections Ontario shares. That accounts for 7.38 per cent of registered voters.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME?
As reported by Elections Ontario, the 2022 provincial election saw 49.39 per cent (54,898 of 111,147) of eligible Guelph voters cast a ballot.
The final numbers for Guelph in June, 2022 were:
Mike Schreiner (Green): 29,752 (54.45%)
Peter McSherry (Conservative): 11,149 (20.41%)
Raechelle Devereaux (Liberal): 7,263 (13.29%)
James Parr (NDP): 4,402 (8.06%)
Will Lomker (New Blue): 1,619 (2.96%)
Juanita Burnett (Communist): 251 (0.46%)
Paul Watson (NOTAP): 202 (0.37%).
