George Pirie (politician)

The Honourable
George Pirie
ECO MPP
The Honourable George Pirie ECO MPP
	Pirie in 2024
Minister of Mines
Member of Parliament; for Timmins
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Gilles Bisson
Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
	In office; December 1, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Steve Black
Succeeded by	Michelle Boileau
Personal details
Party	Progressive Conservative

Succeeded byMichelle Boileau

George Pirie MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Timmins as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.^[1] He defeated Gilles Bisson who was first elected in 1990, taking the seat from the Ontario New Democratic Party for the first time in 32 years.^[2]

At the time of his election as MPP, Pirie had been Mayor of Timmins since 2018.

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Timmins
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Pirie	9,371	68.41	+3.60
	New Democratic	Corey Lepage	2,732	19.94	–9.64
	Liberal	Dominic Casto	1,127	8.23	N/A
	Green	Marie-Josée Yelle	248	1.81	–0.43
	New Blue	David Farrell	220	1.61	–1.31
Total valid votes/expense limit			13,698	98.94	–0.39
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			147	1.06	+0.39
Turnout			13,845	41.80	–1.74
Eligible voters			33,122
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.62
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]^[4]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Timmins
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	George Pirie	9,356	64.81	+35.16	$28,384
	New Democratic	Gilles Bisson	4,271	29.58	−27.85	$41,322
	New Blue	David Farrell	421	2.92		$255
	Green	Elizabeth Lockhard	323	2.24	+0.49	$0
	Confederation of Regions	Nadia Sadiq	66	0.46		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			14,437	99.33	+0.47	$46,740
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			98	0.67	-0.47
Turnout			14,535	43.54	-4.58
Eligible voters			33,345
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+31.50
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

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The Honourable George Pirie ECO MPP
Pirie in 2024

Minister of Mines
Member of Parliament for Timmins
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Gilles Bisson
Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
In office December 1, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Steve Black
Succeeded by	Michelle Boileau

Personal details
Party	Progressive Conservative