Suze Morrison
Suze Morrison MPP | |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Glen Murray |
Personal details | |
Born | Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada | February 4, 1988
Political party | New Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Trevor Morey[1] |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Guelph-Humber |
Occupation | Communications consultant |
Suze Morrison is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] She represents the riding of Toronto Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, and is the Ontario New Democratic Party's Caucus Critic for both Housing and Women's Issues.[3]
Background[]
Of mixed European and Indigenous heritage, Morrison was born in the Parry Sound District before moving to Toronto in childhood. She took her B.A.A degree in media studies from Guelph-Humber, and has worked in communications and public relations in the non-profit sector.[2] She first became prominent within the riding as an advocate for community safety after witnessing the drive-by shooting of Lemard Champagnie in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood in 2017.[1]
Morrison is a motorsports enthusiast, and competes in autocross events. She is a two-time winner of the Lorna Wilson Ladies Championship, which is awarded by the Western Ontario Sports Car Association.[4]
In June 2021, Morrison came out as bisexual.[5]
Politics[]
During the election campaign, she participated alongside Liberal MPP Steven Del Duca and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson in Election Brew, a non-partisan event sponsored by Equal Voice and Labatt to increase citizen engagement in politics through a friendly competition to create craft beer brews; Morrison's beer, an India pale ale, won the competition.[6]
She was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside caucus colleagues Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa.[7]
She serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts,[8] and as the official opposition critic for housing and women's issues.
Electoral record[]
2018 Ontario general election: Toronto Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Suze Morrison | 23,688 | 53.66 | +37.87 | ||||
Liberal | David Morris | 11,986 | 27.15 | -31.07 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Meredith Cartwright | 6,234 | 14.12 | -4.43 | ||||
Green | Adam Sommerfeld | 1,377 | 3.12 | -1.30 | ||||
Libertarian | Judi Falardeau | 371 | 0.84 | -0.23 | ||||
Special Needs | Dan King | 117 | 0.27 | -0.12 | ||||
New People's Choice | Cameron James | 110 | 0.25 | |||||
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Theresa Snell | 102 | 0.23 | |||||
The People | Kevin Clarke | 98 | 0.22 | +0.06 | ||||
Canadian Economic | Wanda Marie Fountain | 65 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,148 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +34.47 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[9] |
References[]
- ^ a b "Man killed in Regent Park drive-by shooting ID'd as Lemard Champagnie". CBC News Toronto, July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Ormsby, Mary (June 7, 2018). "Historic NDP win as Suze Morrison takes Toronto Centre". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "NDP Caucus Critic Portfolios - August 2018" (PDF). www.ontariondp.ca. August 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "WOSCA Results"
- ^ Suze Morrison, "Op-ed: NDP MPP Suze Morrison on coming out while staying in". Now, June 6, 2021.
- ^ "With provincial election brewing, Labatt brings political foes together". Canada NewsWire, May 2, 2018.
- ^ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Ontario Legislature". August 24, 2018
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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