Laura Smith (Canadian politician)

Laura Smith MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Thornhill as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.^[1] Smith previously managed a litigation company.^[2] She currently serves as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services.^[3][4]

Laura Smith MPP
Smith in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thornhill
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Gila Martow
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Electoral history

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Thornhill
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Laura Smith	18,395	53.28	−7.84
	Liberal	Laura Mirabella	10,247	29.68	+14.90
	New Democratic	Jasleen Kambo	2,698	7.82	−11.51
	Green	Daniella Mikanovsky	1,155	3.35	+1.14
	New Blue	Yakov Zarkhine	931	2.70
	Ontario Party	Igor Tvorogov	351	1.02
	Independent	Jacob Joel Ginsberg	261	0.76
	No affiliation	Hiten Patel	195	0.56
	Moderate	Aleksei Polyakov	105	0.30	−0.07
	Independent	Brandon Ying	100	0.29
	Freedom of Choice	Roman Pesis	84	0.24
Total valid votes			34,522	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			298
Turnout			34,820	39.88
Eligible voters			87,082
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−11.37
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.