Trinity-Spadina Elections Decoder, 2014

The Trinity-Spadina riding had elections for all three levels of government in 2014. Here's what's going on.

Level of Government	Notes	Major Candidates	Date
Federal	There was a byelection to replace Oliva Chow who resigned to run for mayor. This elects our MP, will not change the prime minister.	Joe Cressy, NDP Admin Vaughan, Liberal Won with 54% Camille Labchuk, Green Party Ben Sharma, Conservative	June 30, 2014 - complete (A general election is due in 2015)
Provincial	There was a general provincial election. This elected the MPP and premier.	Rosario Marchese, NDP Han Dong, Liberal Won by 9,175 votes Tim Grant, Green	June 12, 2014 - complete
Mayor	There's the regular municipal election which includes the mayor.	Oliva Chow (our former MP) 23.1% John Tory Won with 40% Karen Stinz (withdrew) David Soknacki (withdrew, sadly) Doug Ford 33.7%	October 27, 2014 - complete
Councilor, Ward 19	Trinity Spadina is two wards for the municipal election.	Mike Layton (incumbent) Won with 83.6% See also Wikipedia	October 27, 2014 - complete
Councilor, Ward 20	Adam Vaughan was the councilor but resigned to run as MP. Sample ballot	Joe Cressy Won with 42% See also Wikipedia	October 27, 2014 - complete
School Trustee, Ward 10	For public english school trustee Trinity Spadina is called Ward 10. Crazy but true.	Chris Bolton (ex-incumbent, resigned) Tony Aires Ausma Malik Won with 40% Michael Sims	October 27, 2014 - complete

News Articles

Campaigns bombard Trinity-Spadina as voters head to the polls 3 times (CityNews)

Much is at stake in Trinity-Spadina (Ottawa Citizen)