Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Kenora—Kiiwetinoong

Federal riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Conservative Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 4.9 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 55%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Conservative 39.2%
  • Liberal 34.3%
  • NDP 8.7%
  • PPC 1.9%
  • Green 1.7%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Conservative Liberal NDP PPC
Kenora—Kiiwetinoong 39.2%34.3%8.7%1.9%
Provincial averageOntario 34.4%+4.8 48.6%−14.3 5.4%+3.3 1.8%+0.1
National averageCanada 30.4%+8.8 47.0%−12.7 11.8%−3.1 2.1%−0.2

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • French 0.4%
  • English 94.5%
  • Other languages 5.1%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Eric Melillo · Conservative

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Conservative Party won by 13.5 points, with 59.6% turnout.

Our current projection: the Conservative Party ahead by 4.9 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Eric Melillo Elected Conservative 13,109 48.4 Parliamentarian
Charles Fox Liberal 9,454 34.9 Executive Director
Tania Cameron NDP 3,698 13.7 Administrator
Jon Hobbs Green 286 1.1 Retired Architect
Bryce Desjarlais PPC 204 0.8 Locomotive Engineer
Kelvin Boucher-Chicago Independent 141 0.5 Carpenter
Other candidates 176 0.7

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated