Paul Vickers (politician)
Canadian politician
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Paul Vickers born 1966 is a Canadian politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MPP) for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, after winning the seat in the 2025 Ontario general election. He is a Progressive Conservative.[1][2]
Paul Vickers | |
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Vickers in 2025 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | |
| Assumed office February 27, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Byers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Career
Vickers is a dairy farmer from Meaford, Ontario.[3] He was a municipal councillor there from 2018 to 2022.[4]
In January 2025, he was selected to be the candidate to replace retiring MPP Rick Byers.[5]
Personal life
Born in Meaford, Ontario, Vickers and his wife Karen have four children.[5]
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Vickers | 20,158 | 44.14 | –4.42 | ||||
| Liberal | Selwyn Hicks | 13,445 | 29.44 | +9.11 | ||||
| Green | Joel Loughead | 5,693 | 12.46 | +3.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | James Harris | 3,611 | 7.91 | –6.01 | ||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Ann Gillies | 1,006 | 2.20 | – | ||||
| New Blue | Vincent Grimaldi | 930 | 2.04 | –0.67 | ||||
| Libertarian | Michael Butt | 681 | 1.49 | – | ||||
| Ontario Alliance | Matt Fritz | 148 | 0.32 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 45,672 | 99.04 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 443 | 0.96 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,115 | 49.97 | +2.95 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,278 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –6.77 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6][7] | ||||||||
