Paul Connors
Paul Connors | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Avalon | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ken McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Liberal |
| Website | paulconnors |
Paul Connors MP is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Avalon in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2]
Previously, Connors was the executive director for the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Agriculture for fourteen years.[3][4] Connors previously served as the executive assistant to Ken McDonald before running.[5] He served on the Town Council of Conception Bay South from 2013 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025.[1]
At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Conception Bay South.[6]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Avalon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Paul Connors | 27,563 | 58.61 | +7.73 | $65,090.03 | |||
| Conservative | Steve Kent | 16,953 | 36.05 | +3.01 | $125,003.56 | |||
| New Democratic | Judy Vanta | 2,284 | 4.86 | −9.39 | $0.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Alexander Tilley | 230 | 0.49 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,030 | 99.18 | -0.10 | $127,183.68 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 389 | 0.82 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,419 | 66.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,859 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +2.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Paul Connors, M.P." Library of Parliament.
- ↑ Team, Torstar Open Data (2025-04-28). "Avalon live federal election results". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ↑ Malone Mullin. "A councillor in the Town of Conception Bay South, a political organizer and the old MP's assistant are running for the Avalon riding". CBC News. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ↑ Shoreline, The (April 1, 2025). "Connors taking nothing for granted".
- ↑ Tara Bradbury. "Four on ballot in Avalon, including Rhinoceros Party". The Telegram. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
- ↑ "forty-fifth general election 2025".
- ↑ "Avalon". Elections Canada. Elections Canada. Retrieved 2025-11-06.
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