Riding profile

Durham

Provincial riding — ON · Rural · on provincewide

The question

Durham: a safe seat for the PC Party?

Editorial read

Durham, a rural riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 21-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the PC Party ahead at 46% vote share, against 34% for the Ontario Liberals, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Hon. Todd J. McCarthy

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

PC

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
12.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • PC 45.9%
  • OLP 33.6%
  • NDP 16.1%
  • GP 2.4%
  • OTH 2.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

PC OLP NDP GP
HereDurham 45.9%33.6%16.1%2.4%
Provincial averageOntario 40.2% +5.6 33.4% +0.3 20.3% −4.1 3.9% −1.6

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
21.1 pts
Turnout
44.1%
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
TODD MCCARTHY Elected PC 26,967 50.5
BRAD JAKOBSEN OLP 15,701 29.4
CHRIS BORGIA NDP 7,635 14.3
SANJIN ZECO GP 1,280 2.4
JAMES LEVENTAKIS OTH 666 1.3
ASIF KHAN OTH 635 1.2
SHERI THURSTON OTH 409 0.8
FAWAD KIYANI IND 130 0.2
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029