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Doug Downey

Appeared on a federal or provincial ballot for a Barrie-area riding, but has no Barrie municipal candidacy on this site's records. This page is a record of that senior-government candidacy.

Electoral record

Offices held and elections contested by Doug Downey

In office: MPP

2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 MPP
When Doug Downey held office (lines, coloured by office) and the elections they contested without winning (dots).
Terms are drawn from election records alone: a line runs from each election to the next one for that office — or ends early where winning a different office ended the term — so a resignation for any other reason would not appear here. Hover or tap any mark for the detail; the table below is the record.
Candidacies on record for Doug Downey, all levels of government
YearContest VotesShare Result
2025 Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte provincial 20,073 49.9% Elected
2022 Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte provincial 16,631 42.1% Elected
2018 Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte provincial 20,445 44.7% Elected
Federal and provincial rows come from Elections Canada and Elections Ontario results.
They are a different level of government on a different ballot, so their vote counts are not comparable with a municipal count. See the full riding history for how Barrie's ridings have been drawn and renamed since 1999.
Sources: City of Barrie certificates of election results.
See all election results for the full documents.
Sources: Official Voting Results, by general election, Elections Canada.
Original document. Table 12 (candidate results by electoral district) for each general election 2004 to 2025 covering a Barrie riding. The specific pages used are listed in the page's own citations. Member service dates were cross-checked against the House of Commons' member records at ourcommons.ca. Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate, by general election, Elections Ontario. Original document. Official candidate-level results for each Ontario general election 1999 to 2025 covering a Barrie riding. The commonly-repeated 609-vote margin for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte in 2022 is wrong; this source's own Plurality field reads 296 votes. All retrieved August 17, 2026.

In full

Each contest Doug Downey was part of, with the whole field, because a result only means something next to what it was up against.

2025: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (provincial)

Provincial: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, 2025
Candidate Party VotesShare Result
Doug Downey Progressive Conservative 20,073 49.9% Elected
Rose Zacharias Liberal 14,332 35.6% Not elected
Tracey Lapham New Democratic 2,710 6.7% Not elected
Tim Grant Green 1,637 4.1% Not elected
Alex Della Ventura New Blue Party 856 2.1% Not elected
Erin Patterson Libertarian 637 1.6% Not elected
Contribution limits at this election: $3,400 from one individual in total, to all of one party's candidates; corporations and trade unions could not give; the candidate's own money: up to $10,000 (Election Finances Act, ss.
16(1), 18(1.2), 18(4)). Every election's limits, with sources.

2022: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (provincial)

Provincial: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, 2022
Candidate Party VotesShare Result
Doug Downey Progressive Conservative 16,631 42.1% Elected
Jeff Lehman Liberal 16,335 41.4% Not elected
Beverley Patchell New Democratic 3,093 7.8% Not elected
Elyse Robinson Green 1,699 4.3% Not elected
Hayden Hughes New Blue Party 1,104 2.8% Not elected
Gerry Auger Ontario Party 638 1.6% Not elected
Contribution limits at this election: $3,325 from one individual in total, to all of one party's candidates; corporations and trade unions could not give; the candidate's own money: up to $10,000 (Election Finances Act, ss.
16(1), 18(1.2), 18(4)). Every election's limits, with sources.

2018: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (provincial)

Provincial: Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, 2018
Candidate Party VotesShare Result
Doug Downey Progressive Conservative 20,445 44.7% Elected
Dan Janssen New Democratic 12,891 28.2% Not elected
Jeff Kerk Liberal 6,210 13.6% Not elected
Keenan Aylwin Green 5,354 11.7% Not elected
Mark Mitchell Libertarian 280 0.6% Not elected
Darren Roskam None of the Above Direct Democracy Party 174 0.4% Not elected
Michael Tuck Independent 172 0.4% Not elected
Ram Faerber Independent 163 0.4% Not elected
Contribution limits at this election: $1,222 from one individual in total, to all of one party's candidates; corporations and trade unions could not give; the candidate's own money: up to $5,000 (Election Finances Act, ss.
16(1), 18(1.2), 18(4)). Every election's limits, with sources.

Coverage

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