Faisal Hassan
Faisal Hassan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Faisal Hassan MPP | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Laura Albanese |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Somalia |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | Broadcaster and author |
Hassan is originally from Somalia.[2] He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg.[2] He was the NDP candidate in Etobicoke North in the 2015 federal election, and has worked as a constituency assistant to Paul Ferreira and Mike Sullivan.[2]
He is part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde.[3]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: York South—Weston | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 13,455 | 36.07 | -1.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark DeMontis | 12,290 | 32.95 | +21.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Albanese | 10,379 | 27.83 | -20.02 | ||||
| Green | Grad Murray | 946 | 2.54 | +0.11 | ||||
| Libertarian | Bonnie Hu | 228 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,298 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Etobicoke North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kirsty Duncan | 26,251 | 62.41 | +19.84 | $69,670.96 | |||
| Conservative | Toyin Dada | 9,673 | 23.00 | -8.96 | $60,237.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 5,220 | 12.41 | -11.21 | $37,513.09 | |||
| Green | Akhtar Ayub | 524 | 1.25 | +1.08 | $1,558.16 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 232 | 0.55 | – | ||||
| No affiliation | George Szebik | 164 | 0.39 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,064 | 100.00 | $201,932.10 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 257 | 0.61 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,321 | 62.18 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,063 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +14.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
References
- "Faisal Hassan wins seat for NDP in York South-Weston". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- "Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination". Digital Journal, February 5, 2015.
- "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
- Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
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