Ronna-Rae Leonard

Ronna-Rae Leonard
Ronna-Rae Leonard
Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors of British Columbia
	In office; February 10, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Preceded by	Anne Kang
Succeeded by	Harwinder Sandhu
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Courtenay-Comox
	In office; May 9, 2017 – September 21, 2024
Preceded by	new district
Succeeded by	Brennan Day
Personal details
Party	New Democratic Party

Ronna-Rae Leonard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.^[1] She formerly represented the electoral district of Courtenay-Comox as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.

Preceded byAnne Kang

Succeeded byHarwinder Sandhu

Preceded bynew district

Succeeded byBrennan Day

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Initially declared elected by a margin of just nine votes over British Columbia Liberal Party candidate Jim Benninger on election day,^[2] her victory was confirmed on May 24, 2017 after the count of absentee ballots widened her lead to 189 votes.^[1] She was defeated in the 2024 British Columbia general election.^[3]

Prior to her election to the legislature, Leonard was a municipal councillor in Courtenay.^[4] She was the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Vancouver Island North for the 2011 federal election, losing narrowly to John Duncan.

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v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Courtenay-Comox
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brennan Day	13,481	38.83	–	$54,803.68
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	13,388	38.56	-12.00	$64,793.74
	Green	Arzeena Hamir	7,202	20.74	+1.15	$54,310.40
	Independent	John Hedican	504	1.45	–	$7,247.19
	Independent	Devin Howell	143	0.41	–	$1,097.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,718	99.89	–	$71,700.08
Total rejected ballots			37	0.11	–
Turnout			34,755	68.71	+7.25
Registered voters			50,583
	Conservative notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+25.42
Source: Elections BC^[5]^[6]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Courtenay-Comox
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	14,663	50.56	+13.20	$50,103.50
	Liberal	Brennan Day	8,655	29.85	−6.87	$34,579.94
	Green	Gillian Anderson	5,681	19.59	+1.22	$10,595.98
Total valid votes			28,999	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC^[7]^[8]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Courtenay-Comox
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	10,886	37.36	$55,597
	Liberal	Jim Benninger	10,697	36.72	$43,935
	Green	Ernie Sellentin	5,351	18.37	$8,612
	Conservative	Leah Catherine McCulloch	2,201	7.55	$14,981
Total valid votes			29,135	100.00
Total rejected ballots			77	0.26
Turnout			29,212	66.89
Registered voters			43,671
Source: Elections BC^[9]^[10]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Duncan	27,206	46.11	+0.33
	New Democratic	Ronna-Rae Leonard	25,379	43.01	+1.58
	Liberal	Mike Holland	3,018	5.11	+0.93
	Green	Sue Moen	2,995	5.08	-2.90
	Independent	Jason Draper	304	0.52	-0.11
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Martin	57	0.10	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,003	100.0
Total rejected ballots			187	0.32
Turnout			59,190	66.39
Eligible voters			89,150
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.62

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Ronna-Rae Leonard


Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors of British Columbia
In office February 10, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Preceded by	Anne Kang
Succeeded by	Harwinder Sandhu
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Courtenay-Comox
In office May 9, 2017 – September 21, 2024
Preceded by	new district
Succeeded by	Brennan Day

Personal details
Party	New Democratic Party