Riding profile

Dufferin—Caledon

Provincial riding — ON · Rural · on provincewide

The question

Dufferin—Caledon: a safe seat for the PC Party?

Editorial read

Dufferin—Caledon, a rural riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 27-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 48% vote share, against 30% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Hon. Sylvia Jones

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 47.9%
  • OLP 29.6%
  • GP 12.4%
  • NDP 8.2%
  • OTH 1.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP GP NDP
HereDufferin—Caledon 47.9%29.6%12.4%8.2%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% +7.7 33.4% −3.7 3.9% +8.5 20.3% −12.0

Provincial averages computed across the 124 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
PC
Margin
27.1 pts
Turnout
42.8%
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
SYLVIA JONES Elected PC 26,072 52.5
MICHAEL DEHN OLP 12,606 25.4
SANDY BROWN GP 6,157 12.4
GEORGE NAKITSAS NDP 3,184 6.4
KRIS EGGLETON OTH 1,074 2.2
JEFFREY HALSALL IND 384 0.8
ALEXEY CHERKASHOV OTH 197 0.4
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029