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Jill Andrew

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Jill Andrew
Critic, Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, Culture, Heritage
In office
July 13, 2022 – January 28, 2025
LeaderMarit Stiles
Critic, Culture and Women's Issues
In office
August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Toronto—St. Paul's
In office
June 7, 2018 – January 28, 2025
Preceded byEric Hoskins
Succeeded byStephanie Smyth
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Domestic partnerAisha Fairclough
OccupationEducator

Jill Andrew is a Canadian politician who represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until 2025 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

Education

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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.[1]

Political career

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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).[2] She was the critic for culture and women's issues and was part of the Ontario NDP Black caucus, along with fellow MPPs Laura Mae Lindo, Faisal Hassan, Rima Berns-McGown and Kevin Yarde.[3] She is the first Black and Queer person to be elected to the Ontario Legislature.[1]

Andrew served as official opposition critic on a number of portfolios, including women's issues, culture and heritage.[4] 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.[5][6]

As of August 11, 2024, Andrew served as the Official Opposition critic for Women's Social and Economic Opportunity as well as for Culture and Heritage. She was defeated in the 2025 Ontario general election.

Personal life

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Andrew identifies as queer.[7] 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.[8] Andrew cofounded the group Body Confidence Canada.[9]

Electoral record

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2025 Ontario general election: Toronto—St. Paul's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stephanie Smyth 17,451 40.87 +7.20
New Democratic Jill Andrew 13,553 31.74 –4.52
Progressive Conservative Riley Braunstein 10,822 25.34 +2.95
Green Chloe Tangpongprush 873 2.04 –3.42
Total valid votes/expense limit 42,699 99.34 +0.11
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 284 0.66 –0.11
Turnout 42,983 47.39 –0.68
Eligible voters 90,708
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +5.86
Source: Elections Ontario[10]
2022 Ontario general election: Toronto—St. Paul's
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
Populist Zoë Alexandra 138 0.33   $0
Moderate 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
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election: Toronto—St. Paul's
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
Moderate 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[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jill Andrew". Jill Andrew. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ "Jill Andrew captures Toronto-St. Paul’s for NDP" Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, June 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Jill Andrew | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ^ "MPP Jill Andrew marks first Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Ontario history". Ontario NDP. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  6. ^ "Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2020". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ^ "These Seven Torontonians Explain What It Means to be Queer" Archived 2022-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. Torontoist, June 20, 2016.
  8. ^ "Of confidence and curves: a Toronto couple campaigns for body positivity". Curve, April 1, 2017.
  9. ^ "‘It was a trifecta of hate’: Body image activist recalls moment she was accosted by a man over her weight, race" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. Global News, April 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.
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