The Power of Incumbency

Overall, the biggest lesson of this election was the power of incumbency; incumbents won in all but two races where they were running.  Candidates endorsed by/associated with previous incumbents also did well. In particular, Catherine McKenney in Somerset, Riley Brockington in River, Jean Cloutier in Alta Vista, George Darouze in Osgoode, and Michael Qaqish in Gloucester-South Nepean all won in crowded races after being endorsed (or associated with, in the case of Qaqish), previous incumbents.