Riding profile

Peterborough—Kawartha

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on east

The question

Peterborough—Kawartha: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

Peterborough—Kawartha, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 4-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Ontario Liberals ahead at 40% vote share, against 39% for the PC Party, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

Dave Smith

Sits with PC

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

OLP

Toss-up

Probability
78%
Mean margin (pts)
1.1
P(close race)
100%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • OLP 39.7%
  • PC 38.9%
  • NDP 17.6%
  • GP 2.6%
  • OTH 1.2%

In context

How this riding stacks up

OLP PC NDP GP
HerePeterborough—Kawartha 39.7%38.9%17.6%2.6%
Provincial averageOntario 33.4% +6.3 40.2% −1.3 20.3% −2.6 3.9% −1.3

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
4.0 pts
Turnout
52.2%
Margin shift vs current projection
-2.9 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
DAVE SMITH Elected PC 22,417 40.7
ADAM HOPKINS OLP 20,217 36.7
JEN DECK NDP 9,290 16.9
LUCAS GRAHAM GP 1,745 3.2
ANDREW ROUDNY OTH 859 1.6
BRIAN MARTINDALE OTH 581 1.1
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029