📌 The Ontario provincial electoral district of Essex was contested during the 2018 Provincial election which was held on June 7, 2018. 🏆 Taras Natyshak, the NDP candidate, won the riding with 26134 votes making up a 47.9% share of the vote. 🥈 The runner-up Progressive Conservative candidate, Chris Lewis, received 23423 votes (43%) and was therefore defeated by a vote margin of 2711. 📊 Other candidates who received a sizable share of the vote include Kate Festeryga - Liberal (5.6%).