Mitzie Hunter

Mitzie Hunter
MPP
Hunter in 2016
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Scarborough—Guildwood
Assumed office
September 9, 2013
Preceded by Margarett Best
Personal details
Born 1971 (age 46–47)
Jamaica
Political party Liberal
Residence Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater University of Toronto at Scarborough
Occupation Administrator

Mitzie Hunter (born c. 1971) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was first elected in a by-election on August 1, 2013 and later re-elected in election of 2018. She represents the Toronto riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She served as a member of cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.

Background

Hunter and her family immigrated to Canada from Jamaica in 1975. She grew up in Scarborough, graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA, and completed her MBA from the Rotman School of Management.[1]

She was CEO of the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, and was previously CAO of Toronto Community Housing. She also served as Vice President at Goodwill Industries of Toronto.[2]

Politics

In 2013 she ran as the Liberal candidate in a by-election called to replace Margarett Best who resigned due to health reasons. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Ken Kirupa by 1,246 votes.[3] She faced Kirupa again in 2014 this time defeating him by 7,610 votes.[4]

In June 2014, she was appointed as an Associate Minister for the Ministry of Finance responsible for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.[5] On June 13, 2016, she was promoted to the senior position of Minister of Education.[6]

On January 17, 2018, it was announced that Ms. Hunter would leave her position as Minister of Education to replace outgoing Deb Matthews as the new Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development.[7]

Cabinet positions

Ontario Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne
Cabinet posts (3)
Predecessor Office Successor
Deb Matthews Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development
2018 (January-June)		 Merrilee Fullerton
Liz Sandals Minister of Education
2016-2018		 Indira Naidoo-Harris
New position Associate Minister of Finance
2014-2016
Responsible for Ontario Retirement Pension Plan		 Indira Naidoo-Harris

References

  1. ↑ Rushowy, Kristin (July 23, 2016). "At-risk students, special ed priorities for new Education Minister Mitzie Hunter". Toronto Star.
  2. ↑ "Ontario Liberals Announce Mitzie Hunter As Candidate For Scarborough-Guildwood". ontarioliberal.ca. June 13, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liberal Mitzie Hunter nabs Scarborough riding seat". CBC News. August 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "General Election by District: Scarborough-Guildwood". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
  6. ↑ "Kathleen Wynne's shuffled cabinet features 40% women". CBC News. June 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Wynne shuffling cabinet to add new blood and replace retiring ministers". Toronto Star. January 17, 2018.
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