Jill Dunlop
The Honourable Jill Dunlop MPP | |
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Minister of Education | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office August 16, 2024 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Todd Smith |
Minister of Colleges and Universities | |
In office June 18, 2021 – August 16, 2024 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Ross Romano |
Succeeded by | Nolan Quinn |
Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues | |
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Lisa MacLeod[a] |
Succeeded by | Jane McKenna |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Patrick Brown |
Personal details | |
Born | (1975-02-07) February 7, 1975 (age 49) |
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
Parent(s) | Garfield Dunlop Jane Dunlop |
Occupation | Post secondary administrator |
Jill Dunlop is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario Minister of Education since August 16, 2024.[1] She represents the riding of Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2018 [2] and was also the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues.[3] She was Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities from June 18, 2021 until August 16, 2024.
She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater Ontario, and is the daughter of Jane Dunlop - former Deputy Mayor of Township of Severn, ON and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jill Dunlop | 23,041 | 49.80 | +2.89 | ||||
New Democratic | Elizabeth Van Houtte | 8,208 | 17.74 | −10.29 | ||||
Liberal | Aaron Cayden Hiltz | 8,070 | 17.44 | −0.26 | ||||
Green | Krystal Brooks | 4,071 | 8.80 | +2.05 | ||||
New Blue | Mark Douris | 1,438 | 3.11 | |||||
Ontario Party | Aaron MacDonald | 1,119 | 2.42 | |||||
Libertarian | William Joslin | 318 | 0.69 | +0.09 | ||||
Total valid votes | 46,265 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 228 | |||||||
Turnout | 46,493 | 46.24 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 101,053 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.59 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. |
2018 Ontario general election: Simcoe North | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jill Dunlop | 25,236 | 46.92 | +2.98 | ||||
New Democratic | Elizabeth Van Houtte | 15,078 | 28.03 | +12.48 | ||||
Liberal | Gerry Marshall | 9,523 | 17.70 | -14.82 | ||||
Green | Valerie Powell | 3,632 | 6.75 | -1.24 | ||||
Libertarian | Cynthia Sneath | 320 | 0.59 | |||||
Total valid votes | 53,789 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | -8.97 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[4] |
Notes
References
- ^ "Jill Dunlop named Ontario's new education minister after Todd Smith resigns". CTV News. August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ^ "Jill Dunlop elected in Simcoe North". CTV Barrie. June 7, 2018.
- ^ "Jill Dunlop | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.
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