Mark Gerretsen
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Mark Gerretsen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kingston and the Islands | |
| Assumed office November 12, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ted Hsu |
| Mayor of Kingston, Ontario | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Harvey Rosen |
| Succeeded by | Bryan Paterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Mark Gerretsen June 5, 1975[1] Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Vanessa Gerretsen |
| Parents | John Gerretsen (father) |
| Residence | Kingston, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Queen's University St. Lawrence College |
Mark Gerretsen MP (born June 5, 1975) is a Canadian politician. The current MP for Kingston and the Islands, he was mayor of Kingston, Ontario from 2010 to 2014. He was first elected in the 2010 municipal election.[2] He did not run for re-election to a second term in the 2014 election. He instead ran in the 2015 federal election and was elected as the Liberal MP for Kingston and the Islands, replacing first-term Liberal MP Ted Hsu, who chose not to seek re-election.
Born in Kingston, Gerretsen is a graduate of Queen's University and St. Lawrence College. First elected to Kingston City Council in 2006, for a four-year term, he is the son of Kingston's former mayor and former MPP, John Gerretsen.
Electoral record[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Kingston and the Islands | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Mark Gerretsen | 36,421 | 55.37 | +15.35 | – | |||
| Conservative | Andy Brooke | 14,928 | 22.7 | -11.36 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Daniel Beals | 11,185 | 17.01 | -4.61 | – | |||
| Green | Nathan Townend | 2,933 | 4.46 | +0.16 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Luke McAllister | 305 | 0.46 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,772 | 100.0 | $227,403.43 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 242 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 66,014 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,460 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| Kingston Mayoral Election, 2010 [1] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Gerretsen | 17,096 | 56.41 |
| Rob Matheson | 6,905 | 22.78 |
| Barrie Chalmers | 5,486 | 18.10 |
| John Last | 377 | 1.24 |
| Nathaniel Wilson | 227 | 0.75 |
| Kevin Lavalley | 215 | 0.71 |
References[edit]
- ^ Greetings From Kingston Mayor Mark Gerretsen Archived 2014-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New mayor, new faces on council". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 28, 2010.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kingston and the Islands, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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