Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Kingston and the Islands

Federal riding · Ontario · Eastern Ontario

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 40.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 62.3%
  • Conservative 22.3%
  • NDP 4.1%
  • Green 2.0%
  • PPC 1.2%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP Green
Kingston and the Islands 62.3%22.3%4.1%2.0%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+13.7 34.4%−12.2 5.4%−1.3 1.8%+0.2
National averageCanada 47.0%+15.3 30.4%−8.1 11.8%−7.7 2.4%−0.4

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 1.4%
  • English 93.0%
  • Other languages 5.6%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Mark Gerretsen · Liberal

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

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 32.4 points, with 71.7% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 40.1 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Mark Gerretsen Elected Liberal 48,682 62.9 Parliamentarian
Bryan Paterson Conservative 23,592 30.5 Professor
Daria Juüdi-Hope NDP 3,648 4.7 Registered Nurse
Fintan Hartnett Green 1,071 1.4 Sailor
Other candidates 427 0.6

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