Lorne Coe | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Coe in 2023 | |
| Government Chief Whip | |
| In office November 5, 2018 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Bill Walker |
| Succeeded by | Ross Romano |
| Member of theOntario Provincial Parliament forWhitby Whitby—Oshawa (2016-2018) | |
| Assumed office February 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Christine Elliott |
| Durham Regional Councillor | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – February 11, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Gerry Emm |
| Succeeded by | Derrick Gleed |
| Constituency | Whitby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1949 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Lorne Earle CoeMPP (born October 5, 1949)[1] is a politician inOntario, Canada. He is aProgressive Conservative member of theLegislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding ofWhitby and was first elected in aby-election held on 11 February 2016.[2] Coe was elected with 52% of the vote compared to 28% for his closest rival,Elizabeth Roy of theOntario Liberal Party.[3] Coe served onWhitby Town Council for 13 years, first as a town councillor and as a regional councillor from 2010 until his election to the provincial legislature in 2016.[4]
In January 2018, after party leaderPatrick Brown stepped down and was replaced byVic Fedeli, Coe replaced Brown as the party's education critic.[5]
Prior to entering politics, Coe had worked in both the private sector and for several ministries in the provincial government.[4] From November 2018 until May 2022, he served as the Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Since June 2022, he has served as the Parliamentary Assistant to thePremier of Ontario.[6]
| 2022 Ontario general election:Whitby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 21,840 | 47.37 | +1.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sara Labelle | 10,524 | 22.83 | −13.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Aadil Mohammed | 9,556 | 20.73 | +7.85 | ||||
| Green | Stephanie Leblanc | 2,397 | 5.20 | +1.81 | ||||
| New Blue | Trystan Lackner | 903 | 1.96 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Emil Labaj | 519 | 1.13 | |||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 197 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Independent | Christopher Rinella | 168 | 0.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,104 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 262 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,366 | 44.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 101,835 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +7.68 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election:Whitby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 26,471 | 45.80 | |||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 21,158 | 36.61 | |||||
| Liberal | Leisa Washington | 7,441 | 12.87 | |||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 1,958 | 3.39 | |||||
| Libertarian | Ronald Halabi | 522 | 0.90 | |||||
| Freedom | Doug Thom | 246 | 0.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,796 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservativepickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016:Whitby—Oshawa Resignation ofChristine Elliott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 17,053 | 52.92 | +12.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Roy | 8,865 | 27.51 | −3.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 5,172 | 16.05 | −6.99 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 529 | 1.64 | −2.63 | ||||
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 261 | 0.81 | – | ||||
| Independent | Above Znoneofthe | 140 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Adam McEwan | 109 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| People's Political Party | Garry Cuthbert | 52 | 0.16 | – | ||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 34 | 0.11 | −0.44 | ||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,226 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 61 | 0.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,287 | 28.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 111,566 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +8.13 | ||||||
Source(s) Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016)."Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)"(PDF). RetrievedFebruary 18, 2016. | ||||||||
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