Jill Dunlop is a Canadian politician who is the Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities since June 18, 2021. She represents the riding of Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2018 [1] and was also the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues.[2]
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
| 2022 Ontario general election: Simcoe North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Simcoe North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[3] | ||||||||
Notes
References
- ^ "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.
