Terence Kernaghan

Terence Devin Kernaghan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of London North Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Terence Kernaghan MPP
Critic, Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office July 13, 2022
Leader	Peter Tabuns (interim)
Critic, LGBTQ Issues
In office August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for London North Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Deb Matthews
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic
Spouse	Jim Mastronardi
Residence(s)	London, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Teacher, Librarian

As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.

He is the first openly gay MPP to be elected to the legislature from the city of London.

Background

Terence is the son of the late great sportswriter and columnist Jim Kernaghan.

Election results

2022 Ontario general election: London North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Terence Kernaghan	17,082	39.65	−7.95	$128,057
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Pribil	13,051	30.29	−0.57	$114,458
	Liberal	Kate Graham	9,013	20.92	+5.21	$119,854
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,064	4.79	+0.18	$17,009
	New Blue	Tommy Caldwell	1,200	2.79		$7,309
	Ontario Party	Darrel Grant	368	0.85		$0
	Freedom	Paul Mckeever	160	0.37	−0.06	$0
	Consensus Ontario	George Le Mac	147	0.34		$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,085	99.52	+0.53	$145,461
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			210	0.48	-0.53
Turnout			43,295	42.13	-12.82
Eligible voters			103,903
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−3.69
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election: London North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Terence Kernaghan	25,757	47.60
	Progressive Conservative	Susan Truppe	16,701	30.86
	Liberal	Kate Graham	8,501	15.71
	Green	Carol Dyck	2,493	4.61
	Libertarian	Calvin McKay	299	0.55
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	234	0.43
	Communist	Clara Sorrenti	128	0.24
Total valid votes			54,113	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario