Riding profile

Sault Ste. Marie

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on north

The question

Sault Ste. Marie: will IND lose this seat to NDP?

Editorial read

Sault Ste. Marie, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the PC Party in the previous cycle, with a 0-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 46% vote share, against 40% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Chris Scott

Sits with IND

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
6.8
P(close race)
14%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 46.4%
  • PC 39.6%
  • OLP 11.7%
  • OTH 1.4%
  • GP 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP OTH
HereSault Ste. Marie 46.4%39.6%11.7%1.4%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +26.1 40.2% −0.7 33.4% −21.7 2.2% −0.8

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
0.4 pts
Turnout
49.9%
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.4 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
CHRIS SCOTT Elected PC 13,071 43.1
LISA VEZEAU-ALLEN NDP 12,957 42.7
GURWINDER DUSANJH OLP 3,036 10.0
ARNOLD HEINO OTH 564 1.9
JAYCOB JACQUES GP 421 1.4
PAUL FROLICH OTH 301 1.0
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029