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Aris Babikian 
Summary
Aris Babikian (Armenian: Արիս Պապիկեան) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Prior to his political career, Babikian served as a Citizenship Judge from 2009 to 2015.
Aris Babikian | |
|---|---|
Արիս Պապիկեան | |
 MPP Aris Babikian in 2018 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough—Agincourt | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Soo Wong |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Residence(s) | Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Citizenship Judge |
On June 7, 2018, Babikian was elected to the Ontario Legislature, winning over 50% of the vote and breaking 30 years of Liberal representation in Scarborough—Agincourt. He is the first Armenian elected to the Ontario Legislature.
Electoral record edit
| 2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Aris Babikian | 18,582 | 50.40 | +15.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Soo Wong | 10,429 | 28.29 | -21.55 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tasleem Riaz | 6,434 | 17.45 | +5.64 | ||||
| Green | Lydia West | 635 | 1.72 | -0.89 | ||||
| Libertarian | Mark Sinclair | 244 | 0.66 | |||||
| Independent | Jude Coutinho | 189 | 0.51 | |||||
| Moderate | Rubina Ansary | 148 | 0.40 | |||||
| Trillium | Carlos Lacuna | 118 | 0.32 | |||||
| People's Political Party | Badih Rawdah | 92 | 0.25 | -0.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 36,871 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Aris Babikian | 14,040 | 49.03 | −1.37 | $73,607 | |||
| Liberal | Soo Wong | 10,672 | 37.27 | +8.98 | $34,013 | |||
| New Democratic | Benjamin Lee Truong | 2,512 | 8.77 | −8.68 | $5,939 | |||
| Green | Jacqueline Scott | 628 | 2.19 | +0.47 | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Donny Morgan | 492 | 1.72 | $8,379 | ||||
| New Blue | Rane Vega | 292 | 1.02 | $2,200 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 28,636 | 99.45 | +0.48 | $102,205 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 159 | 0.55 | -0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,795 | 39.43 | -11.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,891 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −5.18 | ||||||
Source(s)
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Pagliaro, Jennifer (June 7, 2018). "PC party's Aris Babikian bests Liberal incumbent Soo Wong in Scarborough-Agincourt". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2019.