Liberals’ Helena Jaczek keeps Markham-Stouffville
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This article was published 20/09/2021 (1642 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Liberal incumbent Helena Jaczek has held onto the riding of Markham-Stouffville.
Jaczek fought off a challenge from, among others, Conservative candidate Ben Smith. Muhammad Ahsin Sahi ran for the NDP and René De Vries for the People’s Party of Canada; the Green party’s candidate was Uzair Baig.
In 2019, Jaczek won a three-way race over Conservative candidate Theodore Anthony and incumbent Jane Philpott. That year, Philpott ran as an independent after she was expelled from the Liberal caucus following her resignation from cabinet as a matter of principle over the SNC-Lavalin scandal.
Without a heavyweight former Liberal incumbent to compete against, there was a far different dynamic to the race this time around.
Before running federally, Jaczek had been an MPP and cabinet minister under then-premier Kathleen Wynne. In the 2018 provincial election, Jaczek was beaten handily by Progressive Conservative candidate Paul Calandra.
Josh Rubin is a Toronto-based business reporter. Follow him on Twitter: @starbeer