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Rick Byers

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Rick Byers
Byers in 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byBill Walker
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMargot

Rick Byers MPP (born c. 1959)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[2]

On September 10, 2024, he announced he would not seek re-election in the 44th Ontario general election.[3]

Electoral history

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2022 Ontario general election: Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
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
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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