Ed Holder
His Worship The Honourable Ed Holder | |
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Mayor of London, Ontario | |
Assumed office December 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Matt Brown |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for London West | |
In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Sue Barnes |
Succeeded by | Kate Young |
Minister of State for Science and Technology | |
In office March 19, 2014 – August 4, 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Greg Rickford |
Succeeded by | Kirsty Duncan |
Personal details | |
Born | Edwin Anthony Holder July 14, 1954 Toronto, Ontario |
Political party | Conservative |
Residence | London, Ontario |
Edwin Anthony Holder, PC (born July 14, 1954) is a Canadian politician, currently the mayor of London, Ontario.[1] He previously represented the electoral district of London West from 2008 to 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party.
Political career[]
On March 19, 2014, Holder was appointed Minister of State (Science and Technology)[2] and sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.[3]
On October 19, 2015, Holder was defeated in the Canadian federal election, losing in the riding of London West to Kate Young.
In October 2017, Holder announced that he was seeking the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in London West for the 42nd Ontario general election. In January 2018, he withdrew from the nomination contest.[4]
On July 12, 2018, Holder declared his candidacy for the mayoralty of London, Ontario to be decided during the 2018 municipal election.[5] On October 23, 2018, Holder was elected mayor, winning on the 14th round of counting in the city's and Canada's first-ever ranked ballot municipal election.[1]
Holder was mayor of London during the aftermath following the London, Ontario truck attack on June 6, 2021. He attended a large memorial for the family who were killed in the attack. The memorial was one of the largest such gatherings in Ontario since the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario had begun.[6]
Electoral record[]
Mayoral race[]
London, Ontario mayoral election, 2018[7] | ||||||||||||||||
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Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | |
Ed Holder | 34.2 | 33,042 | 33,056 | 33,073 | 33,101 | 33,135 | 33,183 | 33,240 | 33,280 | 33,325 | 33,391 | 33,543 | 38,690 | 44,373 | 57,609 | |
Paul Paolatto | 22.2 | 21,456 | 21,464 | 21,471 | 21,487 | 21,516 | 21,541 | 21,579 | 21,604 | 21,637 | 21,675 | 21,856 | 25,943 | 31,061 | ||
Tanya Park | 20.3 | 19,656 | 19,676 | 19,690 | 19,740 | 19,781 | 19,801 | 19,828 | 19,960 | 20,071 | 20,199 | 20,434 | 22,415 | |||
Paul Cheng | 19.8 | 19,161 | 19,175 | 19,190 | 19,211 | 19,238 | 19,254 | 19,329 | 19,362 | 19,396 | 19,442 | 19,616 | ||||
Mohamed Moussa | 1.0 | 919 | 922 | 925 | 933 | 949 | 1,023 | 1,035 | 1,043 | 1,063 | 1,077 | |||||
Sean M. O'Connell | 0.4 | 370 | 372 | 380 | 389 | 401 | 406 | 416 | 442 | 483 | ||||||
David Millie | 0.3 | 337 | 343 | 347 | 358 | 380 | 385 | 391 | 401 | |||||||
Nina McCutcheon | 0.4 | 340 | 344 | 351 | 361 | 364 | 375 | 384 | ||||||||
Vahide Bahramporian | 0.4 | 348 | 351 | 351 | 357 | 363 | 368 | |||||||||
Ali Hamadi | 0.3 | 304 | 304 | 304 | 306 | 311 | ||||||||||
Dan Lenart | 0.3 | 255 | 258 | 263 | 275 | |||||||||||
Jordan Minter | 0.2 | 212 | 217 | 224 | ||||||||||||
Carlos Murray | 0.1 | 127 | 131 | |||||||||||||
Jonas White | 0.1 | 111 | ||||||||||||||
Electorate: 244,962 Valid: 96,638 Spoilt: 1,297 Quota: 48,320 Turnout: 40.0% |
Federal races[]
hide2015 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Kate Young | 31,167 | 45.8 | +19.07 | – | |||
Conservative | Ed Holder | 24,306 | 35.3 | −9.77 | – | |||
New Democratic | Matthew Rowlinson | 10,087 | 14.8 | −10.62 | – | |||
Green | Dimitri Lascaris | 1,918 | 2.8 | +0.12 | – | |||
Libertarian | Jacques Y. Boudreau | 732 | 1.1 | – | – | |||
Communist | Michael Lewis | 87 | 0.1 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,027 | 100.0 | $234,017.17 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 286 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 68,313 | 73.9% | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 92,326 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.42 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
hide2011 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Ed Holder | 27,673 | 44.50% | +5.41% | – | |||
Liberal | Doug Ferguson | 16,652 | 26.78% | −8.63% | – | |||
New Democratic | Peter Ferguson | 16,109 | 25.90% | +11.33% | – | |||
Green | Brad Arthur Corbett | 1,688 | 2.71% | −7.04% | – | |||
United | Rod Morley | 66 | 0.11% | +0.11% | – | |||
Total valid votes | – | 100.00% | – |
hide2008 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Ed Holder | 22556 | 39.09% | |||||
Liberal | Sue Barnes | 20435 | 35.42% | |||||
New Democratic | Peter Ferguson | 8409 | 14.57% | |||||
Green | Monica Jarabek | 5601 | 9.71% | |||||
Progressive Canadian | Steve Hunter | 443 | 0.77% | |||||
Christian Heritage | Leslie Bartley | 253 | 0.44% | |||||
Total valid votes | – | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
Turnout | – | % |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ed Holder is London's new mayor after historic vote". CBC London, October 23, 2018.
- ^ Josh Wingrove, Steven Chase, Bill Curry And Shawn McCarthy (March 19, 2014). "New Finance Minister Joe Oliver enters with a whisper". The Globe and Mail.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2019-12-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ https://www.electipedia.ca/london-ontario-2018/candidates/mayor/ed-holder/
- ^ "Former Conservative MP Ed Holder officially declares candidacy for London mayor". CBC London, July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Thousands pack London, Ont. vigil as PM Justin Trudeau calls attack on Muslim family an 'act of evil'". London. June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Mayor". london.ca. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
External links[]
- 1954 births
- Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Mayors of London, Ontario
- Politicians from Toronto
- Members of the 28th Canadian Ministry