Natalia Kusendova-Bashta is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in Human and Molecular Biology from the University of Toronto, and in Nursing from Nipissing University. In addition, she speaks five languages: English, Polish, French, Czech and Slovak. She represents the riding of Mississauga Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Before being elected, she worked as a nurse. Kusendova-Bashta is of Slovak and Polish descent.
In March 2020, while the province was under a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Kusendova-Bashta started taking 12-hour shifts in the emergency department at Etobicoke General Hospital.[2]
In September 2020, Kusendova-Bashta's bill to recognize the Franco-Ontarian flag as an emblem of the province of Ontario was passed by the Ontario legislature and into law.[3]
Electoral record
| 2022 Ontario general election: Mississauga Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Natalia Kusendova | 14,719 | 43.60 | +2.74 | ||||
| Liberal | Sumira Malik | 12,260 | 36.32 | +10.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sarah Walji | 4,148 | 12.29 | −15.27 | ||||
| Green | Adriane Franklin | 1,188 | 3.52 | +0.89 | ||||
| New Blue | Audrey Simpson | 523 | 1.55 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Stephanie Wright | 332 | 0.98 | |||||
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 288 | 0.85 | |||||
| Populist | Elie Diab | 163 | 0.48 | |||||
| Moderate | Viktor Chornopyskyy | 137 | 0.41 | −0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,758 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 271 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,029 | 38.14 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,129 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −4.09 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Mississauga Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Natalia Kusendova | 17,860 | 40.86 | |||||
| New Democratic | Laura Kaminker | 12,046 | 27.56 | |||||
| Liberal | Bobbie Daid | 11,102 | 25.40 | |||||
| Green | Noah Gould | 1,149 | 2.63 | |||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Alex Pacis | 890 | 2.04 | |||||
| Libertarian | Farouk Giga | 471 | 1.08 | |||||
| Moderate | Viktor Chornopyskyy | 192 | 0.44 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Javed, Noor (June 7, 2018). "PCs elected in Mississauga Centre and Mississauga—Erin Mills". Toronto Star.
- ^ Sasitharan, Kirthana. "Ontario MPP returns to health-care front lines to assist COVID-19 pandemic response". cbc.ca. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
- ^ "Bill 182, Franco-Ontarian Emblem Amendment Act, 2020". Government of Ontario. September 24, 2020.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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