Riding profile

Mushkegowuk—James Bay

Provincial riding — ON · Mixed · on north

The question

Mushkegowuk—James Bay: a safe seat for the NDP?

Editorial read

Mushkegowuk—James Bay, a mixed riding in Ontario, elected a member with the NDP in the previous cycle, with a 0-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the NDP ahead at 48% vote share, against 41% for the PC Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Guy Bourgouin

Sits with NDP

Parliament
44th

Current forecast

NDP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.2
P(close race)
10%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • NDP 48.4%
  • PC 41.2%
  • OLP 9.3%
  • GP 1.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

NDP PC OLP GP
HereMushkegowuk—James Bay 48.4%41.2%9.3%1.0%
Provincial averageOntario 20.3% +28.2 40.2% +1.0 33.4% −24.0 3.9% −2.9

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
0.1 pts
Turnout
41.4%
Margin shift vs current projection
+7.1 pts

Detailed result · ON 2025

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
GUY BOURGOUIN Elected NDP 3,626 45.4
DAVE PLOURDE PC 3,617 45.3
KYLE ALLEN OLP 621 7.8
CATHERINE JONES GP 116 1.4
Last model run
Cycle
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