Riding profile

Orléans

Provincial riding — ON · Urban · on east

The question

Orléans: a safe seat for the Ontario Liberals?

Editorial read

Orléans, an urban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Ontario Liberals in the previous cycle, with a 19-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Ontario Liberals ahead at 57% vote share, against 33% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Stephen Blais

Sits with OLP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

OLP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
23.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • OLP 57.1%
  • PC 33.5%
  • NDP 6.7%
  • GP 2.0%
  • OTH 0.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

OLP PC NDP GP
HereOrléans 57.1%33.5%6.7%2.0%
Provincial averageOntario 33.4% +23.8 40.2% −6.7 20.3% −13.5 3.9% −2.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
OLP
Margin
18.9 pts
Turnout
47.7%
Margin shift vs current projection
+4.8 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
STEPHEN BLAIS Elected OLP 30,482 54.2
STÉPHAN PLOURDE PC 19,868 35.3
MATTHEW SÉVIGNY NDP 3,378 6.0
MICHELLE PETERSEN GP 1,398 2.5
PATRICIA HOOPER OTH 636 1.1
KEN LEWIS OTH 233 0.4
ARABELLA VIDA IND 138 0.3
BURTHOMLEY DOUZABLE IND 129 0.2
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029