Jill Dunlop
Jill Dunlop | |
|---|---|
 Dunlop in 2019 | |
| Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response | |
| Assumed office March 19, 2025 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office August 16, 2024 – March 19, 2025 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Todd Smith |
| Succeeded by | Paul Calandra |
| 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 | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Patrick Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 7, 1975 |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Parents |
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| Occupation | Post secondary administrator |
Jill Dunlop ECO MPP is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of emergency preparedness and response since 2025. Dunlop has represented the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2018 as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Simcoe North. She was previously the province's associate minister of children and women's issues from 2019 to 2021, minister of colleges and universities from 2021 to 2024 and minister of education from 2024 to 2025.
Personal life
[edit] | This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (August 2025) |
She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater, Ontario. She is the daughter of Jane Dunlop, former deputy mayor of Severn, Ontario and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Dunlop was elected as a MPP in 2018.[1] She was appointed as the associate minister of children and women's issues in 2019, before becoming the minister of colleges and universities in 2021. She was appointed to her current position as minister of education in 2024.[2][3] She was appointed as the first minister of emergency preparedness and response in 2025.[4]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Ontario general election: Simcoe North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jill Dunlop | 24,849 | 51.38 | +1.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Walter Alvarez-Bardales | 13,328 | 27.56 | +10.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jordi Malcolm | 4,813 | 9.95 | –7.79 | ||||
| Green | Chris Carr | 3,214 | 6.65 | –2.15 | ||||
| New Blue | Dave Brunelle | 1,582 | 3.27 | +0.16 | ||||
| Libertarian | William Joslin | 579 | 1.20 | +0.51 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,365 | 99.21 | –0.30 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 387 | 0.79 | +0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,752 | 46.57 | +0.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 104,695 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –4.27 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 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[6] | ||||||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Jill Dunlop elected in Simcoe North". CTV Barrie. June 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Jill Dunlop named Ontario's new education minister after Todd Smith resigns". CTV News. August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Jill Dunlop | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Jill Dunlop shuffled, now Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response". OrilliaMatters.com. March 19, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ↑ "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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