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George Pirie (politician)

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George Pirie
Pirie in 2024
Minister of Mines
Member of Parliament
for Timmins
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byGilles Bisson
Mayor of Timmins, Ontario
In office
December 1, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Preceded bySteve Black
Succeeded byKristin Murray
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

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.

Electoral history

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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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