Lise Vaugeois

Lise Vaugeois is a Canadian politician and academic. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, Vaugeois was elected to represent district of Thunder Bay—Superior North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 election.^[1]

Lise Vaugeois MPP
Critic, Seniors; Persons Living with Disabilities and Accessibility
Incumbent
Assumed office July 13, 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Michael Gravelle
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic

Biography

Previously Vaugeois was a professor at the Lakehead University. She moved to Thunder Bay to play in the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.^[2] Vaugeois unsuccessfully contested the district in the 2018 Ontario general election.^[3]

Electoral record

2022 Ontario general election: Thunder Bay—Superior North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lise Vaugeois	8,404	34.12	-3.04
	Progressive Conservative	Peng You	7,604	30.87	+12.91
	Liberal	Shelby Ch'ng	6,966	28.28	-11.59
	Green	Tracey MacKinnon	738	3.00	+0.21
	Ontario Party	Stephen Hufnagel	338	1.37
	New Blue	Kathy Suutari	314	1.27
	Northern Ontario	Andy Wolff	145	0.59	-0.66
	Consensus Ontario	Adam Cherry	125	0.51
Total valid votes			24,634	99.33	+0.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			165	0.67	-0.20
Turnout			24,799	43.82	-10.02
Eligible voters			56,590
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		-4.27
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

2018 Ontario general election: Thunder Bay—Superior North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Gravelle	11,973	39.86	-16.11
	New Democratic	Lise Vaugeois	11,160	37.16	+7.69
	Progressive Conservative	Derek Parks	5,395	17.96	+10.78
	Green	Amanda Moddejonge	838	2.79	-0.81
	Northern Ontario	Andy Wolff	376	1.25	+0.79
	Libertarian	Tony Gallo	148	0.49	-2.83
	Trillium	Louise Ewen	145	0.48
Total valid votes			30,035	99.13
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264	0.87	+0.08
Turnout			30,299	53.84	+3.43
Eligible voters			56,277
	Liberal hold		Swing		-11.90
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

References

1. "Vaugeois takes Thunder Bay-Superior North as NDP snap Liberal stronghold". CBC News Thunder Bay, June 2, 2022.
2. "Candidate Profile TB-Superior North: Lise Vaugeois (NDP)".
3. "Candidate Profile TB-Superior North: Lise Vaugeois (NDP)". TBNewsWatch.com. 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
4. "Candidates in: Timmins (108)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
5. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.