Jennifer O'Connell

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Jennifer O'Connell
MP
Member of Parliament
for Pickering—Uxbridge
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byRiding Established
Pickering City and Regional Councilor
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byBonnie Littley
Succeeded byKevin Ashe
ConstituencyWard 1
Pickering City Councillor
In office
2006–2010
Preceded byKevin Ashe
Succeeded byKevin Ashe
ConstituencyWard 1
Personal details
Born1983 (age 38–39)
Political partyLiberal
Residence(s)Pickering, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Toronto

Jennifer O'Connell MP (born 1983) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Pickering—Uxbridge in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.

O'Connell attended the University of Toronto, where she earned a degree in political science. She then clerked at a law firm specializing in labour relations, and became involved in municipal politics in Pickering. In 2006, she was elected to the city council representing Ward 1. She was re-elected in 2010 and 2014, and at the time of her election to the House of Commons was serving as the city's deputy mayor.[1] In March 2014 she had been approached by the local Liberal riding association about serving as their candidate in the upcoming federal election, and initially declined, intending to focus on her re-election at the municipal level. Following the municipal elections in October 2014, she was approached again, and agreed to seek the nomination, which she won in January 2015.[2]

Electoral record[]

2019 Canadian federal election: Pickering—Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jennifer O'Connell 32,387 51.0 +0.7 $79,048.14
Conservative Cyma Musarat 18,462 29.1 -9.1 $56,879.42
New Democratic Eileen Higdon 7,582 11.9 +2.7 $9,433.88
Green Peter Forint 3,799 6.0 +3.7 $7,976.00
People's Corneliu Chisu 1,265 2.0 $7,989.04
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,495 100.0
Total rejected ballots 407
Turnout 63,902 68.9
Eligible voters 92,699
Liberal hold Swing +4.90
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2015 Canadian federal election: Pickering—Uxbridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jennifer O'Connell 29,757 50.1% +16.5 –
Conservative Corneliu Chisu 22,591 38.2% -7.8 –
New Democratic Pamela Downward 5,446 9.1% -6.6 –
Green Anthony Jordan Navarro 1,365 2.2% -2.3 –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,159 100.0     $223,459.17
Total rejected ballots 222 0.3% –
Turnout 59,381 – –
Eligible voters 85,794
Source: Elections Canada[4][5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Meet Jennifer O'Connell, Liberal.ca
  2. ^ Pickering Councillor Jennifer O'Connell wins Liberal nomination, The Pickering News Advertiser, February 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pickering—Uxbridge, 30 September 2015
  5. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Jennifer O'Connell wins Pickering-Uxbridge riding for Liberals". durhamregion.com/.

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