Jamie West
Jamie West is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Sudbury as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Jamie West | |
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.jpg.webp) West in 2019 | |
| Critic, Labour | |
| Assumed office August 23, 2018 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Sudbury | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Glenn Thibeault |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Occupation | Smelter Worker Safety Representative, Flash Furnace Operator, Trade unionist, university professor |
Prior to his election to the legislature, West worked for Vale Limited's smelter operation in Sudbury, and served as president of the Sudbury and District Labour Council.[2] West also taught labour studies at Laurentian University.
Electoral record
| 2022 Ontario general election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie West | 12,013 | 40.85 | -7.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Marc Despatie | 8,519 | 28.97 | +5.73 | ||||
| Liberal | David Farrow | 5,727 | 19.47 | -2.95 | ||||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,480 | 5.03 | +0.87 | ||||
| New Blue | Sheldon Pressey | 724 | 2.47 | |||||
| Libertarian | Adrien Berthier | 504 | 1.71 | +1.12 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Jason LaFace | 353 | 1.20 | |||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 90 | 0.31 | +0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,410 | 99.31 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 203 | 0.69 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,613 | 44.19 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 67,018 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 2018 Ontario general election: Sudbury | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jamie West | 17,386 | 48.07 | +12.92 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Troy Crowder | 8,405 | 23.24 | +15.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Glenn Thibeault | 8,108 | 22.42 | -18.83 | ||||
| Green | David Robinson | 1,504 | 4.16 | +0.92 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | Mila Chavez Wong | 284 | 0.79 | |||||
| Libertarian | James Wendler | 212 | 0.59 | |||||
| None of the Above | David Sylvestre | 186 | 0.51 | |||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 82 | 0.23 | +0.14 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,167 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54.9 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 65,850 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | -1.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
- "New Democrats take Sudbury riding". CBC Northern Ontario. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- "Meet Sudbury's newest NDP candidate: Jamie West". Northern Life, April 25, 2017.
- "Candidates in: Sudbury (103)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10-11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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