Election News

Kenora Rainy-River MPP Greg Rickford is thanking his supporters across northwestern Ontario after being re-elected in the region during Election Night 2022.

Rickford joined supporters at Bob’s Burgers on Main Street in downtown Kenora after results were announced, where Rickford dominated the local polls with a roughly 5,000 vote lead.

Sol Mamakwa has been re-elected as the MPP for the northern Kiiwetinoong riding.

The Kingfisher Lake First Nation member first joined provincial politics in 2018 after working as an executive with the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority.

He has repeatedly called on the majority Progressive Conservatives throughout his career to improve reconciliation efforts with Indigenous communities, support for healthcare in the far north, stop unlawful work on treaty territories and pushed forward work for clean water projects across his riding.

Greg Rickford has been re-elected in Kenora-Rainy River.

Rickford first joined provincial politics in 2018, but he had previously served as a federal MP under Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, first elected in 2008. He was later re-elected in the 2011 election and served under the Ministry of Indian Affairs and the Ministry of Northern Development.

Provincial media has declared that Conservative Doug Ford is predicted to form a majority government in Ontario.

Ford fought through a difficult first year as Premier among public service cuts in healthcare in education spending, but his leadership through the COVID-19 pandemic rebounded public opinions in a trying time for the province.

Ford is expected to address the public later tonight. The NDP will form the Official Opposition but leader Andrea Horwath says she plans to step down, while the Liberal party placed third.

Two polling stations in the Kiiwetinoong riding are among 27 polling stations across Ontario that will be open later than 8 p.m.

Kiiwetinoong poll 19 will now closed at 10 p.m., while Kiiwetinoong poll 28 will now close at 8:30 p.m.

Results are the Kiiwetinoong won't be released until 10 p.m.

As of publishing, there are no reported delays in the Kenora-Rainy River riding.

Northwestern Ontario residents will be heading to the polls to elect our local and provincial leaders today through the 2022 Provincial Election.

Ontarians have between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. to cast a ballot. Voters must be 18-years-old, a Canadian citizen and resident of Ontario, and you must be on Elections Ontario’s voters list. Residents are asked to bring their Voter Information Card they received in the mail along with a piece of photo identification.

Just a day away from Election Day 2022, here are your candidates for the Kenora-Rainy River District.

Greg Rickford: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 

The era of Greg Wilson leading the Dryden community is coming to an end.