Lee Fairclough

Lee Fairclough MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2025
Preceded by	Christine Hogarth
Personal details
Born	(1973-06-02) June 2, 1973
Political party	Liberal

Lee Fairclough (born June 2, 1973) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 2025 Ontario general election. She represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Career

A member of the Canada women's national rugby union team from 1995 to 1998, she subsequently worked in health care management, and was appointed president of St. Mary's General Hospital in Kitchener in 2019. She stepped down from that job in 2022 to run in Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the 2022 Ontario general election, in which she was defeated by Christine Hogarth. She subsequently served as senior vice-president of clinical care at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health until the 2025 election, when she defeated Hogarth.

Electoral record

2025 Ontario general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lee Fairclough	25,195	48.5	+12.8
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Hogarth	21,050	40.5	+3.0
	New Democratic	Rozhen Asrani	3,640	7.0	–10.9
	Green	Sean McClocklin	1,218	2.4	–2.5
	New Blue	Tony Siskos	452	0.9	–2.5
	Moderate	Larisa Berson	204	0.4	N/A
	None of the Above	Vitas Naudziunas	165	0.3	–0.1
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout				46.7	+1.4
Eligible voters			111,312
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.9
Source: Elections Ontario

2022 Ontario general election: Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Hogarth	17,978	37.48	−0.87	$75,837
	Liberal	Lee Fairclough	17,136	35.73	+11.48	$88,272
	New Democratic	Farheen Alim	8,595	17.92	−14.97	$68,196
	Green	Thomas Yanuziello	2,278	4.75	+1.13	$1,471
	New Blue	Mary Markovic	1,612	3.36		$4,739
	Independent	Bill Denning	186	0.39		$460
	None of the Above	Vitas Naudziunas	181	0.38		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			47,966	99.47	+0.40	$149,099
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			255	0.53	−0.40
Turnout			48,221	45.28	−13.33
Eligible voters			105,778
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−6.17
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.