Terence Kernaghan | |
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| Critic, Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 | |
| Leader | Peter Tabuns (interim) |
| Critic, LGBTQ Issues | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for London North Centre | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Deb Matthews |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Jim Mastronardi |
| Residence(s) | London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Teacher, Librarian |
Terence Devin Kernaghan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of London North Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
He is the first openly gay MPP to be elected to the legislature from the city of London.[1]
| 2022 Ontario general election: London North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Terence Kernaghan | 17,082 | 39.65 | -7.95 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jerry Pribil | 13,051 | 30.29 | -0.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Kate Graham | 9,013 | 20.92 | +5.21 | ||||
| Green | Carol Dyck | 2,064 | 4.79 | +0.18 | ||||
| New Blue | Tommy Caldwell | 1,200 | 2.79 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Darrel Grant | 368 | 0.85 | |||||
| Freedom | Paul McKeever | 160 | 0.37 | -0.06 | ||||
| Consensus Ontario | George Le Mac | 147 | 0.34 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,085 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 210 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,295 | 41.28 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 104,888 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 2018 Ontario general election: London North Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Terence Kernaghan | 25,757 | 47.60 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Susan Truppe | 16,701 | 30.86 | |||||
| Liberal | Kate Graham | 8,501 | 15.71 | |||||
| Green | Carol Dyck | 2,493 | 4.61 | |||||
| Libertarian | Calvin McKay | 299 | 0.55 | |||||
| Freedom | Paul McKeever | 234 | 0.43 | |||||
| Communist | Clara Sorrenti | 128 | 0.24 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 54,113 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||