Aislinn Clancy
Aislinn Clancy | |
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| Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario | |
| Assumed office October 30, 2023 | |
| Leader | Mike Schreiner |
| Preceded by | Abhijeet Manay |
| Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre | |
| Assumed office November 30, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Mae Lindo |
| Kitchener City Councillor | |
| In office November 15, 2022 – December 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sarah Marsh |
| Constituency | Ward 10 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 30, 1979[1][2] |
| Party | Green |
| Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University[4] |
| Website | aislinnclancympp |
Aislinn Patricia Clancy MPP (/ˈæʃlɪn/ ASH-lynn; born April 30, 1979) is a Canadian politician and member of the Green Party of Ontario who was elected to serve as Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre following a 2023 by-election.[5] Clancy is the second member of the Ontario Greens to be elected in the province, following party leader Mike Schreiner. Prior to her election she was named Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario by Mike Schreiner.
Prior to her election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Clancy was elected to Kitchener City Council for Ward 10, serving just under a year in that role.[6] Clancy is a social worker by profession.[7]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Ontario general election: Kitchener Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Green | Aislinn Clancy | 21,200 | 51.39 | +3.40 | $76,737 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Elliott | 9,991 | 24.22 | +11.06 | $5,780 | |||
| Liberal | Colleen James | 5,892 | 14.28 | +6.57 | $50,379 | |||
| New Democratic | Brooklin Wallis | 2,821 | 6.84 | –19.89 | $15,702 | |||
| New Blue | Paul Simoes | 804 | 1.95 | –0.30 | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Sebastian Butnar-Stoica | 398 | 0.96 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Nuhn | 144 | 0.35 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,250 | 99.31 | -0.03 | $142,355 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 276 | 0.69 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,536 | 47.29 | +20.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,834 | |||||||
| Green hold | Swing | –3.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, November 30, 2023: Kitchener Centre Resignation of Laura Mae Lindo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Green | Aislinn Clancy | 11,334 | 47.99 | +35.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Debbie Chapman | 6,312 | 26.73 | -13.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Elliott | 3,109 | 13.16 | -13.51 | ||||
| Liberal | Kelly Steiss | 1,821 | 7.71 | -7.01 | ||||
| New Blue | Paul Simoes | 532 | 2.25 | -2.97 | ||||
| Libertarian | Gene Balfour | 178 | 0.75 | |||||
| None of the Above | Mark Dickson | 61 | 0.26 | |||||
| Special Needs | Lionel Wayne Poizner | 48 | 0.20 | |||||
| Electoral Reform | Peter House | 43 | 0.18 | |||||
| Independent | Albert Michel Benlolo | 34 | 0.14 | |||||
| Public Benefit | Jonathan Davis | 33 | 0.14 | |||||
| Independent | Patrick Strzalkowski | 23 | 0.10 | |||||
| Populist | Mario Greco | 22 | 0.09 | |||||
| Independent | Paul Stewart | 18 | 0.08 | |||||
| Independent | Ali Engering | 16 | 0.07 | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 13 | 0.06 | |||||
| Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 11 | 0.05 | |||||
| People's Front | Raymond Samuels | 8 | 0.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 23,616 | 99.34 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 156 | 0.66 | -0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,772 | 27.05 | -19.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,883 | |||||||
| Green gain from New Democratic | Swing | +24.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10][11] | ||||||||
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Ward 10 | ||
| Aislinn Clancy | 1,765 | 36.15 |
| Stephanie Stretch | 1,650 | 33.80 |
| Peter Davis | 513 | 10.51 |
| Phong Tran | 398 | 8.15 |
| Daniel J. Fife | 346 | 7.09 |
| Lana Hiscock | 210 | 4.30 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Who is Aislinn Clancy, Greens candidate for Kitchener Centre?". Waterloo Region Record. 22 November 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- 1 2 "Facebook — Aislinn Clancy". Facebook. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ "About — Aislinn Clancy". Green Party of Ontario. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Councillor Aislinn Clancy". City of Kitchener. 30 November 2023. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Greens win MPP seat in Kitchener Centre". CTV News. November 30, 2023. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Who is Running? City of Kitchener - Ward 10". Waterloo Region Votes. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ Jones, Allison (2023-12-01). "Greens win second Ontario seat in provincial byelection". Cornwall Seaway News. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ↑ "Candidates in: Kitchener Centre (047)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ↑ "Kitchener Centre Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ↑ "Kitchener Centre Election Night Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ↑ "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
