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Progressive Conservatives, NDP set to hold on to their seats in Ontario byelections

  • Liam Casey

    Liam Casey

  • Canadian Press

  • September 3, 2026

A man is silhouetted as he watches a television on Sept. 11, 2001 in Edmonton, showing smoke covering the downtown area of New York City after two separate planes crashed into the World Trade Center. (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld)

TORONTO -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives and the New Democrats are both set to hold on to their seats in two ridings while votes trickle in a third race in today's provincial byelections.

Progressive Conservative Jeff Beattie is projected to win the riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek.

New Democrat Fatima Shaban is projected to win the race in the riding of Scarborough Southwest.

Meanwhile, PC candidate Susan Lahey has a commanding lead in the riding of York-Simcoe.

Candidates say long-standing provincial concerns such as health care, education and affordability came up often as they knocked on doors.

But voters are also concerned about the trade war with the United States.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 3, 2026.