Greens win Kitchener Centre in provincial byelection
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Aislinn Clancy has won a historic byelection for Kitchener Centre and the Green Party of Ontario.
Aislinn Clancy has won a historic byelection for Kitchener Centre and the Green Party of Ontario.
Clancy easily claimed the MPP seat Thursday with 47.99 per cent of total ballots cast. Her final vote count was 11,334, almost double her nearest rival.
Clancy celebrated her win at McMullin’s pub on Highland Rd. with Green Party leader and Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner, as well as Mike Morrice, the Green MP for Kitchener Centre.
“Keep voting Greens into office, it really makes a difference,” she told the crowd. “I think it’s going to be a great couple of years. We’re going to get things done, and we’re going to serve the people well, we’re going to bring their voice to government.”
Clancy also spoke to CTV News about the feedback she’s gotten from residents.
“I think they want honesty and they want leadership,” she said. “Their life is getting harder and harder. And they don’t see that their political representatives are making tough choices to make a difference in their everyday lives, to make their life more affordable, to address homelessness, to improve and increase affordable housing, to address the higher rate of groceries.”
Thurday’s byelection gives the Greens their second ever seat in the Ontario legislature.
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