Riding profile

Timiskaming—Cochrane

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on north

The question

Timiskaming—Cochrane: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

Timiskaming—Cochrane, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 48% vote share, against 34% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

John Vanthof

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
13.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 47.6%
  • PC 34.4%
  • OLP 11.4%
  • GP 5.0%
  • OTH 1.6%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP GP
HereTimiskaming—Cochrane 47.6%34.4%11.4%5.0%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +27.4 40.2% −5.9 33.4% −22.0 3.9% +1.1

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · ON 2025

Won by
NDP
Margin
6.1 pts
Turnout
48.4%
Margin shift vs current projection
+7.2 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
JOHN VANTHOF Elected NDP 11,085 44.0
TORY DELAURIER PC 9,549 37.9
RICK ELLSMERE OLP 2,446 9.7
KRIS RIVARD GP 1,359 5.4
STEPHEN MACLEOD OTH 777 3.1
Last model run
Cycle
on_2029