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Jill Andrew
MPP
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| Critic, Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, Culture, Heritage | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 |
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| Leader | Marit Stiles |
| Critic, Culture and Women's Issues | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022 |
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| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Toronto—St. Paul's |
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| Assumed office June 7, 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Eric Hoskins |
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| Political party | New Democratic |
| Domestic partner | Aisha Fairclough |
| Occupation | Educator |
Jill Andrew MPP is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since June 7, 2018 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).
Education
Andrew attended Humber College, where she earned a child and youth worker diploma. She also holds a Bachelor of Education (BEd) from York University amongst her other undergraduate degrees, a master’s degree from the University of Toronto in women and gender studies, a PhD from the York University Faculty of Education.
Political career
Andrew ran as the NDP candidate in Toronto—St. Paul's in the 2018 provincial election and was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). She is the critic for culture and women's issues. She is part of the Ontario NDP Black caucus, along with fellow MPPs Laura Mae Lindo, Faisal Hassan, Rima Berns-McGown and Kevin Yarde. She is the first Black and Queer person to be elected to the Ontario Legislature.
Andrew has served as official opposition critic on a number of portfolios, including women's issues, culture and heritage. Andrew has passed several pieces of legislation, including Bill 61 which proclaims the week beginning February 1 in each year as Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Bill 61 received Royal Assent in December 2020.
Personal life
Andrew identifies as queer. 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. Andrew cofounded the group Body Confidence Canada.
Electoral record
| Ontario general election, 2022: Toronto—St. Paul's | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jill Andrew | 15,292 | 36.26 | +0.30 | $121,230 | |||
| Liberal | Nathan Stall | 14,200 | 33.67 | +0.27 | $89,943 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Blake Libfeld | 9,445 | 22.39 | −3.90 | $89,223 | |||
| Green | Ian Lipton | 2,302 | 5.46 | +2.23 | $11,507 | |||
| New Blue | Yehuda Goldberg | 473 | 1.12 | $503 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Christian Ivanov Mihaylov | 242 | 0.57 | $0 | ||||
| PPO | Zoë Alexandra | 138 | 0.33 | $0 | ||||
| Ontario Moderate Party | Margarita Sharapova | 87 | 0.21 | −0.07 | $1,543 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,179 | 100.0 | $123,794 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 328 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,507 | 48.07 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,350 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.01 | ||||||
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| Ontario general election, 2018: Toronto—St. Paul's | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jill Andrew | 18,843 | 35.96 | +25.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Jess Spindler | 17,498 | 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 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 52,402 | 98.97 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 547 | 1.03 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,949 | 63.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,206 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +26.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario | ||||||||
