Jill Andrew
Jill Andrew MPP | |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Toronto—St. Paul's | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Eric Hoskins |
Personal details | |
Political party | New Democratic |
Domestic partner | Aisha Fairclough |
Occupation | Politician. Business Owner |
Jill Andrew is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Toronto—St. Paul's as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party and was renominated on January 13, 2021, for the 43rd Ontario general election.[2] She is the Ontario NDP Culture & Women's Issues Critic and the first Black and Queer person to be elected to the Ontario Legislature and reportedly in Canada.[3] She holds a PhD from York University’s Faculty of Education and a Master’s degree in women and gender studies from the University of Toronto New College.
Andrew is a public speaker and activist, cofounding the group Body Confidence Canada.[4] She is part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Faisal Hassan, Rima Berns-McGown and Kevin Yarde.[5]
Personal life[]
Andrew identifies as queer.[6] Andrew and her partner Aisha Fairclough, a television producer and diversity consultant, are members of the community consortium that own Glad Day Bookshop, an LGBT bookstore in Toronto's Church and Wellesley gay village.[7]
Electoral record[]
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Jill Andrew | 18,843 | 35.96 | +25.75 | ||||
Liberal | Jess Spindler | 17,495 | 33.39 | -26.26 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Andrew Kirsch | 13,780 | 26.30 | +2.41 | ||||
Green | Teresa Pun | 1,690 | 3.23 | -1.85 | ||||
Libertarian | Jekiah U. Dunavant | 448 | 0.85 | -0.03 | ||||
Ontario Moderate Party | Marina Doshchitsina | 143 | 0.27 | +0.27 | ||||
Eligible voters | 83,206 | |||||||
Turnout | 52,399 | 62.98 | +3.12 | |||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +26.00 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[8] |
References[]
- ^ "Jill Andrew captures Toronto-St. Paul’s for NDP". Toronto Star, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Toronto-St. Paul's Ontario NDP Nomination Meeting".
- ^ https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca/
- ^ "‘It was a trifecta of hate’: Body image activist recalls moment she was accosted by a man over her weight, race". Global News, April 9, 2018.
- ^ "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
- ^ "These Seven Torontonians Explain What It Means to be Queer". Torontoist, June 20, 2016.
- ^ "Of confidence and curves: a Toronto couple campaigns for body positivity". Curve, April 1, 2017.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.
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- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Black Canadian politicians
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- Businesspeople from Toronto
- Canadian LGBT people in provincial and territorial legislatures
- Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
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- Black Canadian LGBT people
- Queer women
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