Charmaine Williams facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Honourable Charmaine Williams MPP
Williams in 2024
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Sara Singh
Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity of Ontario
Incumbent
Assumed office June 24th, 2022
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Jill Dunlop
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Charmaine Williams MPP is a Canadian politician, currently serving as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election, representing the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.

Municipal politics

Williams ran for the vacant Ward 7 & 8 city council seat in the 2018 municipal election. .....

On October 22, 2018, Williams was elected receiving 25.76% of the vote in a 9 person race. With her victory, Williams became the first black woman ever elected to Brampton City Council.

On May 31, 2022, during the Ontario provincial election in which Williams was a candidate, Brampton City Council passed a motion to pre-emptively appoint former city councillor Elaine Moore as William's replacement if she were to resign. The motion passed 6–5 with Williams being one of the 6 votes in favor. A court later ruled that the pre-emptive appointment violated the Municipal Act.

Provincial politics

On March 31, 2021, Williams was named Ontario PC candidate for the Brampton Centre riding. On June 2, 2022, she defeated NDP incumbent Sara Singh, receiving 41.36% of the vote.

On June 24, she was appointed to the Ford Ministry as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity., making her the first black person appointed to cabinet in an Ontario PC government.

Electoral record