Patrice Barnes
Canadian politician
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Patrice Barnes is a Canadian politician and former school trustee[1] who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, she represented the riding of Ajax.[2][3]
Patrice Barnes | |
|---|---|
Barnes as deputy speaker. | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Ajax | |
| In office June 2, 2022 – January 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rod Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Rob Cerjanec |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Political career
Barnes was first elected in the 2022 Ontario general election[2] and was appointed deputy speaker in 2023.[4]
In the 2025 general election, Barnes lost reelection to Ontario Liberal candidate Rob Cerjanec by 0.8% of the vote.[3][5]
Electoral history
| 2025 Ontario general election: Ajax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Cerjanec | 18,499 | 44.96 | +8.98 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patrice Barnes | 18,168 | 44.16 | +3.47 | ||||
| New Democratic | Arthur Augustine | 2,884 | 7.01 | –9.68 | ||||
| Green | Cory Feferman | 866 | 2.10 | –1.36 | ||||
| New Blue | Chris Rees | 413 | 1.00 | –0.66 | ||||
| Centrist | Sarah Qureshi | 312 | 0.76 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid vote/expense limits | 41,142 | 99.64 | +0.19 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 148 | 0.36 | –0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,290 | 41.56 | +1.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 99,349 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +2.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Ajax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Patrice Barnes | 15,336 | 40.69 | +1.65 | ||||
| Liberal | Amber Bowen | 13,561 | 35.98 | +10.18 | ||||
| New Democratic | Christine Santos | 6,291 | 16.69 | −14.27 | ||||
| Green | Neil Runnalls | 1,305 | 3.46 | +0.96 | ||||
| New Blue | Garry Reader | 625 | 1.66 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Aaron Hopkins | 330 | 0.88 | |||||
| Independent | Intab Ali | 127 | 0.34 | |||||
| Independent | Allen Hadley | 112 | 0.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,687 | 99.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 209 | 0.55 | -0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,896 | 39.96 | -14.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 94,835 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −4.27 | ||||||
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