Incumbent Jamie Schmale had family, friends and supporters around him when he learned about his election win for the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding. Incumbent Jamie Schmale received 33,826 votes, 52.6 percent which is an increase of about 1,500 from 2019 to take his third win in the Haliburton – Kawartha Lakes – Brock riding. Liberal Judi Forbes was second again, this time with 14,497 followed in third by the NDP candidate Zac Miller at 9,237. Rounding out the six-person race were Alison Donaldson of the People’s Party of Canada, 4,645; Green Party Angel Godsoe, 1,647; and Libertarian Gene Balfour with 444. Of the 261 of 262 polls reporting, 64,296 of the registered 102,554 electors cast a ballot which equates to 62.69 per cent.
The incumbent for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock Jamie Schmale, from left, holds his hand up with his best friend Ari Zider, celebrates his election win for a third-term at The Cat and the Fiddle pub on Monday, Sept. 20 in Lindsay./DARREN LUM Staff 
The incumbent for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock takes questions on a mobile phone from media after learning he had been re-elected while hosting an election party at The Cat and the Fiddle pub on Monday, Sept. 20 in Lindsay. 
Supporters for Conservative candidate Jamie Schmale had many reasons to applaud on election night, which included a win by Schmale, but also wins in neighbouring ridings such as Conservative Michelle Ferreri in the Peterborogh-Kawartha riding and Conservative Philip Lawrence in Northumberland-Peterborough South. The Liberals won enough seats on election night to form a minority government. /DARREN LUM Staff 
NDP candidate for the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding Zac Miller answers questions about his campaign, which included a concerted effort to see voters in Highlands East. He believed they would support him because of the NDP platform that did the best of all the parties to address their needs, but, if they didn’t vote for him, he hoped they would still participate in the electoral process and vote./DARREN LUM Staff 
Liberal candidate for the Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock riding Judi Forbes speaks with a supporter on election night at the Lindsay Golf and Country Club. Forbes said her campaign included a focus on getting to see voters in small communities in Haliburton such as Dorset, Stanhope, Carnarvon, West Guilford./DARREN LUM Staff 
Conservative candidate Jamie Schmale answers questions from the gathered reporters outside the Cat and the Fiddle pub in Lindsay on election night. 
Jamie Schmale sits with Minden Hills Mayor Brent Devolin. 
Once it was learned Conservative candidate Jamie Schmale won for the third time, supporters applauded his victory./DARREN LUM Staff 
Liberal canddate Judi Forbes shares a laugh with a supporter at the Lindsay Golf and Country Club where she held her election night gathering.
