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Wellington-Halton Hills: Riding to elect first new MPP in decades

Ted Arnott, who has represented this area since 1990, is not running in the current provincial election. That means Wellington-Halton Hills will get a new MPP. There are seven candidates vying for the seat.

7 candidates look to replace outgoing MPP Ted Arnott

Kate Bueckert · CBC News ·
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Seven candidates are in the race to replace long-time MPP Ted Arnott, who is not seeking re-election. (Google StreetView)

For the first time since 1990, a new MPP will be chosen for the riding of Wellington-Halton Hills after long-time MPP Ted Arnott announced he would not seek re-election.

Arnott was first elected to the riding of Wellington on Sept. 6, 1990. He announced in October 2024 he had decided not to run in the next provincial election. Arnott served two terms as Speaker of the Ontario Legislature.

The candidates in Wellington-Halton Hills are (in alphabetical order by last name):

  • Alex Hilson, Liberal.
  • Simone Kent, NDP.
  • Stephen Kitras, New Blue Party.
  • Jason Medland, Ontario Party.
  • Ron Patava, Consensus Party.
  • Joseph Racinsky, Progressive Conservatives.
  • Bronwynne Wilton, Green.

Alex Hilson, the Liberal candidate, is a current Halton Hills councillor. He also worked as the Acton BIA co-ordinator and as a programmer for youth with Acton. He also volunteered with the Halton Hills Optimist Club and the Halton Hills Interfaith Community.

Simone Kent, the NDP candidate, is a dairy farmer near Fergus and works as a school office co-ordinator. She has sat on the Centre Wellington environmental committee and has volunteered with Jersey Ontario.

Stephen Kitras of the New Blue Party has run for this party before in 2022. He's a former township councillor and is founder and owner of family-run Kitras Art Glass.

Jason Medland, the Ontario Party candidate, is a software systems architect in Erin.

Ron Patava is the leader of the Consensus Party and a business consultant in Georgetown.

Joseph Racinsky, the Progressive Conservative candidate, is currently a Town of Halton Hills councillor. At the age of 20, he was the youngest person ever elected to town council when he won in 2022.

Bronwynne Wilton is a township councillor in Centre Wellington. She owns a consulting firm focused on agriculture and the agri-food sector.

Riding history

Arnott was 27 when he won the seat of Wellington in Sept. 1990. 

During his time as MPP, the riding's boundaries changed three times from Wellington to Waterloo-Wellington in 1999 and then in 2007 it became the current riding of Wellington-Halton Hills.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Bueckert

Content producer

Kate has been covering issues in southern Ontario for more than 20 years. She is currently the content producer for CBC Kitchener-Waterloo. Email: [email protected]

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