Rick Byers
Canadian politician
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Rick Byers (born c. 1959)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represented the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[2]
Rick Byers | |
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Byers in 2022 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | |
| In office June 2, 2022 – January 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Walker |
| Succeeded by | Paul Vickers |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Margot |
On September 10, 2024, he announced he would not seek re-election in the 44th Ontario general election.[3]
Byers was an unsuccessful candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the 2000 and Conservative Party of Canada in the 2004 Canadian federal election in Oakville.
Electoral history
| 2022 Ontario general election: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rick Byers | 20,304 | 48.56 | −6.14 | ||||
| Liberal | Selwyn J. Hicks | 8,499 | 20.33 | +8.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Karen Gventer | 5,817 | 13.91 | −10.18 | ||||
| Green | Danielle Valiquette | 3,702 | 8.85 | +2.90 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Suzanne Coles | 1,680 | 4.02 | |||||
| New Blue | Vince Grimaldi | 1,130 | 2.70 | |||||
| Populist | Joseph Westover | 248 | 0.59 | |||||
| None of the Above | Joel Loughead | 230 | 0.55 | |||||
| Independent | Reima Kaikkonen | 201 | 0.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 41,811 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 369 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,180 | 47.02 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,457 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −7.09 | ||||||
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