Doly Begum
Doly Begum MPP | |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Southwest | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Lorenzo Berardinetti |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1989 |
Political party | New Democratic |
Residence | Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
Doly Begum is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the riding of Scarborough Southwest as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. At 29, Doly Begum was the youngest New Democrat among the party's caucus.[2]
Begum comes from the Moulvibazar District in Bangladesh.[3] She immigrated to Canada as a child with her family.[4] She is a graduate of the University of Toronto (Hon. B.A. in Political Science, 2007-2012) and has a Masters in Development, Administration & Planning from University College London. She was Co-Chair of the Scarborough Health Coalition, Vice-Chair of Warden Woods Community Centre, a Research Analyst at The Society of Energy Professionals, and was the chief coordinator of the province-wide Keep Hydro Public campaign.[5][6]
Election results
Ontario general election, 2018 | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Doly Begum | 19,751 | 45.51 | +21.86 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gary Ellis | 13,592 | 31.32 | +10.68 | ||||
Liberal | Lorenzo Berardinetti | 8,215 | 18.93 | -31.29 | ||||
Green | David Del Grande | 1,144 | 2.64 | -1.43 | ||||
None of the Above | Allen Atkinson | 274 | 0.63 | |||||
Libertarian | James Speirs | 196 | 0.45 | -0.44 | ||||
Special Needs | Willie Little | 161 | 0.37 | |||||
Trillium | Bobby Turley | 64 | 0.15 | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[7] |
References
- ↑ Palamarchuk, Andrew (June 7, 2018). "NDP candidate Doly Begum ends Liberal reign in Scarborough Southwest". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-mpps-ontario-election-2018-1.4706119
- ↑ "Doly Begum makes history, wins big in Ontario provincial polls". The Daily Star. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ↑ "NDP candidate Doly Begum ends Liberal reign in Scarborough Southwest | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-06-09.
- ↑ https://dolybegum.ontariondp.ca/
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/doly-begum-84941838/
- ↑ "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.