34 key ridings where we need to defeat Tim Hudak

One Big Campaign (OBC) has made hundreds-of-thousands of phone calls to identify 34 ridings across the province that we believe are key to the outcome of this Thursday’s Ontario election. If either Liberal or NDP candidates can defeat Conservatives in most of these target ridings, we believe Tim Hudak will go down in defeat.

Because of the way voters are thinking – and not because OBC favors the Liberals in any way – we recommend that voters support the Liberals in 27 of the ridings and New Democrats in the other seven.

Please distribute the link to this page widely - particularly to folks you know in any of the 34 ridings. Click here to access Wikipedia to search for the location of any riding.

ED #	Electoral District Name	Endorsement	Candidate Endorsement	Incumbent  Party
3	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	Liberal
4	Barrie	Liberal	Ann Hoggarth	PC
7	Brampton—Springdale	Liberal	Harinder Malhi	Liberal
8	Brampton West	Liberal	Vic Dhillon	Liberal
9	Brant	Liberal	Dave Levac	Liberal
11	Burlington	Liberal	Eleanor McMahon	PC
12	Cambridge	Liberal	Kathryn McGarry	PC
19	Durham	Liberal	Granville Anderson	PC
20	Eglinton—Lawrence	Liberal	Michael Colle	Liberal
22	Essex	NDP	Taras Natyshak	NDP
24	Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Liberal	Peter Milczyn	PC
26	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Liberal	Grant Crack	Liberal
29	Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock	Liberal	Rick Johnson	PC
30	Halton	Liberal	Indira Naidoo-Harris	PC
35	Kenora—Rainy River	NDP	Sarah Campbell	NDP
36	Kingston and the Islands	Liberal	Sophia Kiwala	Liberal
37	Kitchener Centre	Liberal	Daiene Vernile	Liberal
38	Kitchener—Conestoga	Liberal	Wayne Wright	PC
45	London West	NDP	Peggy Sattler	NDP
53	Newmarket-Aurora	Liberal	Chris Ballard	PC
54	Niagara Falls	NDP	Wayne Gates	NDP
58	Northumberland—Quinte West	Liberal	Lou Rinaldi	PC
59	Oak Ridges—Markham	Liberal	Helena Jaczek	Liberal
61	Oshawa	NDP	Jennifer French	PC
63	Ottawa—Orléans	Liberal	Marie-France Lalonde	Liberal
64	Ottawa South	Liberal	John Fraser	Liberal
66	Ottawa West—Nepean	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	Liberal
70	Perth—Wellington	Liberal	Stewart Skinner	PC
76	St.Catharines	Liberal	Jim Bradley	Liberal
82	Scarborough—Guildwood	Liberal	Mitzie Hunter	Liberal
89	Thornhill	Liberal	Sandra Yeung Racco	PC
93	Timmins—James Bay	NDP	Gilles Bisson	NDP
98	Welland	NDP	Cindy Forster	NDP
104	York Centre	Liberal	Monte Kwinter	Liberal

Liberal and NDP supporters must get out and vote!

We know that many people are upset with both the Liberals and NDPs, but it’s very important that everyone vote. A survey of Conservative voters revealed that 70 per cent of them will vote. So please urge people to vote following our recommendations. We don’t want to wake up on Friday with “Tim Hudak election hangover!”

Our riding-by-riding polling also revealed the risks of Ontario’s antiquated first-past-the-post voting system. Because the party with the largest number of seats can form the government, Tim Hudak could actually win with perhaps only 37 per cent of voters supporting him. The province desperately need to switch to some form of proportional representation voting system, which would put an end to what’s known as a “false majority.”

A complete list of all of the provincial ridings
will be posted as soon as available.