Aris Babikian

Aris Babikian
MPP
Aris Babikian MPP
Արիս Պապիկեան
	MPP Aris Babikian in 2018
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament; for Scarborough—Agincourt
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Soo Wong
Personal details
Party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Occupation	Citizenship Judge

Aris Babikian MPP (Armenian: Արիս Պապիկեան) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.^[1] He represents the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Prior to his political career, Babikian served as a Citizenship Judge from 2009 to 2015.

On June 7, 2018, Babikian was elected to the Ontario Legislature, winning over 50% of the vote and breaking 30 years of Liberal representation in Scarborough—Agincourt. He is the first Canadian of Armenian descent elected to the Ontario Legislature.^{[citation needed]}

Electoral record

v t e 2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Aris Babikian	18,582	50.40	+15.88
	Liberal	Soo Wong	10,429	28.29	-21.44
	New Democratic	Tasleem Riaz	6,434	17.45	+5.66
	Green	Lydia West	635	1.72	-0.88
	Libertarian	Mark Sinclair	244	0.66	N/A
	Independent	Jude Coutinho	189	0.51	N/A
	Moderate	Rubina Ansary	148	0.40	N/A
	Trillium	Carlos Lacuna	118	0.32	N/A
	People's Political Party	Badih Rawdah	92	0.25	N/A
Total valid votes			36,871	100.0
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.66
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Aris Babikian	14,040	49.03	−1.37	$73,607
	Liberal	Soo Wong	10,672	37.27	+8.98	$34,013
	New Democratic	Benjamin Lee Truong	2,512	8.77	−8.68	$5,939
	Green	Jacqueline Scott	628	2.19	+0.47	$0
	Ontario Party	Donny Morgan	492	1.72		$8,379
	New Blue	Rane Vega	292	1.02		$2,200
Total valid votes/expense limit			28,636	99.45	+0.48	$102,205
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			159	0.55	-0.48
Turnout			28,795	39.43	-11.92
Eligible voters			72,891
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−5.18
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References

↑ Pagliaro, Jennifer (June 7, 2018). "PC party's Aris Babikian bests Liberal incumbent Soo Wong in Scarborough-Agincourt". Toronto Star.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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[1] Pagliaro, Jennifer (June 7, 2018). "PC party's Aris Babikian bests Liberal incumbent Soo Wong in Scarborough-Agincourt". Toronto Star.

[2] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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