LAMBTON VOTES: Oil Springs Candidate Surveys
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Bob Bailey watches as Doug Ford speaks to Ontario on election night. Bailey watched the results at the Wyoming Legion Thursday
Lambton PC blue again
February 27, 2025
Lambton County will send two Ontario PC MPPs to Queen’s Park again.
Incumbents Bob Bailey of Sarnia-Lambton and Steve Pinsonneault of Lambton-Kent-Middlesex both will serve again in a Doug Ford majority government.
Pinsonneault garnered almost 54 per cent of the vote in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex with over 25,000 votes Thursday.
Bailey claimed 51 per cent of the vote in Sarnia-Lambton with about 24,000 votes.
The Ontario PC Party claimed 82 seats in the early election. The NDP remain the official opposition with 25 seats. The Liberals picked up 14 but its leader, Bonnie Crombie, failed to win her Mississauga area seat.
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LAMBTON VOTES: Oil Springs Candidate Surveys
October 22, 2026
The Independent sent a questionnaire to each candidate for Oil Springs Council. Below are the unedited responses from the candidates: Age: 31Work Experience:Building Designer, WeCover Structures, Thamesville. I design steel buildings, produce the drawings they are built from, and have written my own design software to speed up that work. Sales Specialist, RONA, helping rural and residential property owners plan,
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Sarnia all-candidates debate a revealing evening
October 21, 2026
Cathy Dobson/The Independent With less than a week until election day, 28 candidates vying for eight council seats, spent four hours Tuesday trying to stand out as the right choice for Sarnia voters. They gathered at The Imperial Theatre in front of an audience of 200, with another 500 streaming the marathon event online. Compared to Monday night’s mayoral debate,
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St. Clair will be reimbursed for help at Chatham ethanol plant fire
October 21, 2026
Heather Wright/The Independent St. Clair Township Councillor Brad Langstaff wants to know what it cost for the fire department to help fight an ethanol plant fire in Chatham. Sept. 16, 15 firefighters, the township’s two tower trucks and its drone headed to Chatham to help battle a massive fire at Greenfield Global. St. Clair was called on because it has
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Enniskillen rejects request for ATVs on township roads
October 21, 2026
Blake Ellis/The Independent ATVs won’t be allowed on Enniskillen roads. A request by Enniskillen Resident Mark Braet failed to sway Enniskillen Township Council to allow all terrain vehicles on township roads. Braet made a presentation to council on Oct. 8 along with representatives from the Tri-Shore ATV Club. Braet wanted to be allowed to drive ATVs on roads in the
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