By-elections called in Ontario

Voters in three Ontario ridings - Burlington, Markam, and York-South Weston- will be headed to the polls on 8 February 2007. These seats were vacated in 2006. This should be a good indication of the parties popular support levels heading into this fall's elections. It will also be interesting to see how voters respond the the Tories and the Liberals, who voted themselves a hefty pay raise prior to Christmas, but are opposed to legislating an increase in minimum wage that would equal the same percentage that they voted themselves (25%).

Two of the ridings were held by Liberals, and one was held by the Conservatives.