Linda Jeffrey






























Her Worship


Linda Jeffery


Linda Jefferey - 2017 AMO Conference (36693552996) (cropped).jpg
Jefferey in 2017

50th Mayor of Brampton

In office
December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded bySusan Fennell
Succeeded byPatrick Brown
Ontario MPP

In office
2007–2014
Preceded byNew riding
Succeeded byHarinder Malhi
ConstituencyBrampton-Springdale

In office
2003–2007
Preceded byJoe Spina
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyBrampton Centre

Personal details
Born1958 (age 59–60)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)John Jeffrey
Children3
Residence
Brampton, Ontario

Linda Jeffrey (born c. 1958) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. In 2014, she was elected as Mayor of Brampton. From 2003 to 2014 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Brampton Centre and then Brampton—Springdale. She served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. On March 25, 2014, she resigned from the legislature to run for Mayor of Brampton, which she won on October 27, 2014.


On 22 October 2018, Jeffrey was narrowly defeated in the mayoral race by Patrick Brown.




Contents





  • 1 Background


  • 2 Municipal politics


  • 3 Provincial politics

    • 3.1 Cabinet positions



  • 4 Brampton mayoralty


  • 5 Election results

    • 5.1 Mayor of Brampton


    • 5.2 Brampton—Springdale


    • 5.3 Brampton Centre



  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Background


Jeffrey was born in Cork, Ireland, and moved to Brampton in 1983. She and her husband, John Jeffrey, have three sons.[1]



Municipal politics


She was elected as a city councillor for Brampton's Ward 2 in 1991, and helped to negotiate the sale of Brampton Hydro toward the end of the decade (in addition to representing Brampton on the provincial Hydro One Board of Directors). Jeffrey also chaired the city's Budget Committee, and increased public access to the city's budget review process during her time as a councillor. She served as Acting Mayor of Brampton in May 2001, making at least one official appearance with the title.[2]



Provincial politics


During the Progressive Conservatives Party of Ontario 2002 leadership contest, Jeffrey was approached to be the returning officer in Brampton as the party wanted someone who would be independent. In order to be a returning officer, she had to be a member of the party so she joined the PC party in 2002.


Jeffrey joined the Ontario Liberal Party in 2003 after being recruited by Greg Sorbara to run in the provincial election of 2003. She defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Joe Spina by 1,005 votes in Brampton Centre.[3] The Liberals won the election and she initially served as a backbench supporter of Premier Dalton McGuinty. She was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Brampton-Springdale in 2007 and 2011.[4][5]


Between 2005 and 2010 she served in a variety of positions including Parliamentary Assistant to the Ministers of Children and Youth Services, Democratic Renewal, Intergovernmental Affairs, Citizenship and Immigration and Transportation.


On January 18, 2010, Premier Dalton McGuinty appointed her to cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.[6] On October 10, 2011, she was appointed Minister of Labour and Minister Responsible for Seniors.[7]


During the 2013 Ontario Liberal Party leadership contest, Jeffrey was the first cabinet minister and one of four sitting MPPs (along with Reza Moridi, Mario Sergio, and David Zimmer) that endorsed Kathleen Wynne's candidacy at Wynne's campaign launch. On February 11, 2013, Wynne appointed her Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Chair of Cabinet.[8]



Cabinet positions





















Ontario Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor
Office
Successor

Rick Bartolucci

Chair of Cabinet
2013–2014

John Gerretsen

Bob Chiarelli

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
2013–2014

Bill Mauro

Ontario Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor
Office
Successor

Charles Sousa

Minister of Labour
2011–2013
Also Responsible for Seniors

Yasir Naqvi

Donna Cansfield

Minister of Natural Resources
2010–2011

Michael Gravelle


Brampton mayoralty


On March 25, 2014, she resigned from the legislature to run for Mayor of Brampton in the 2014 municipal election.[9][10] As of September 30, 2014 she was polling well ahead of the incumbent Susan Fennell.[11] She won the mayoral election defeating Susan Fennell with 49.33% of the vote.[12]


Jeffrey's 2018 re-election campaign saw Jeffrey run against former Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Patrick Brown and former Conservative federal minister Bal Gosal, among others. Despite that, and her background as a Liberal, Jeffrey held a fundraiser at the Conservative Party-associated venue the Albany Club of Toronto, accepting endorsements from former Ontario Progressive Conservative Party presidents Richard Ciano and Ken Zeise, as well as Michael Diamond, Premier Doug Ford's leadership campaign manager.[13] According to the Toronto Star, Jeffrey had the backing of "PC party operatives — Doug Ford’s campaign manager organized a fundraiser for her".[14]


Jeffery lost her re-election bid to Patrick Brown by a narrow margin in the Peel Region municipal elections, 2018. In a speech to supporters, Jeffrey said that during her tenure as mayor, "we brought in accountability, openness and transparency to city hall. I can confidently say our city is in better shape than what I found it”.[15]



Election results



Mayor of Brampton












































Candidate [16]Vote
%
Linda Jeffrey51,06149.33
John Sanderson22,33621.58

Susan Fennell (X)
12,97512.54
Gurjit S. Grewal3,4643.35
Donald McLeod2,7822.69
Jacqueline Bell2,1872.11
Ranjit Singh2,0852.01
Muhammad Haque1,8481.79
Baljit Bobby More1,3041.26
Sukhjinder S. Gill8780.85
Hargurnar Randhawa7490.72
Devinder Sangha7310.71
Miriam Wylie4730.46


Brampton—Springdale




























































Ontario general election, 2011
Party
Candidate
Votes%±%

LiberalLinda Jeffrey15,66344.4-6.1

Progressive ConservativePam Hundal12,75636.2+5.4

New DemocraticMani Singh5,37815.2+4.3

GreenJames Duncan9002.6-4.0

Family CoalitionBart Wysokinski2040.6-0.1

CommunistElizabeth Rowley1520.4

Paramount CanadiansJasbir Singh1360.4

Confederation of RegionsFauzia Sadiq810.2
Total valid votes
35,270 100.0
+1.6













































Ontario general election, 2007
Party
Candidate
Votes%±%

LiberalLinda Jeffrey17,52650.5

Progressive ConservativeCarman McClelland10,70430.8

New DemocraticMani Singh3,78010.9

GreenDaniel Cullen2,2926.6

Family CoalitionSandy Toteda2580.7

CommunistElizabeth Rowley1500.4
Total valid votes
34,710
100.0


Brampton Centre





































Ontario general election, 2003
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

LiberalLinda Jeffrey16,66143.48+15.48

Progressive ConservativeJoe Spina15,65640.86-16.91

New DemocraticKathy Pounder4,82712.60-1.63

GreenSanjeev Goel8202.14

FreedomWally Dove3560.93


References




  1. ^ Calleja, Frank (October 3, 2003). "Jeffrey pulls off surprise victory over Spina". Toronto Star. p. B7..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "School Children Launch Emergency Preparedness Week – 2001", City of Brampton press release, May 10, 2001.


  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014.


  4. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 2 (xi). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009.


  5. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013.


  6. ^ Kenyon, Wallace (January 19, 2010). "Sweeping changes hit Queen's Park; Liberal Cabinet". National Post. p. A8.


  7. ^ "Ontario's new cabinet". Toronto Star. October 21, 2011. p. A18.


  8. ^ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ont. February 12, 2013. p. A3.


  9. ^ Richard J. Brennan; San Grewal (23 March 2014). "Linda Jeffrey quits Ontario cabinet to run for Brampton mayor". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


  10. ^ Adrian Morrow; Adam Radwanski (23 March 2014). "Wynne losing Municipal Affairs Minister to Brampton mayoral race". The Globe and Mail. Toronto ON. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


  11. ^ "Former MPP Linda Jeffrey polls well ahead of Susan Fennell in Brampton race". Toronto Star. September 30, 2014.


  12. ^ "City of Brampton | 2014 Official Results Summary". City of Brampton. Retrieved September 15, 2017.


  13. ^ https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/8932597-pc-party-heavyweights-endorse-linda-jeffrey-for-brampton-mayor-in-snub-of-former-leader/


  14. ^ "Patrick Brown completes stunning political comeback by beating Linda Jeffrey in Brampton mayor's race". Toronto Star.


  15. ^ "Patrick Brown defeats incumbent Linda Jeffrey to become mayor of Brampton". Global News. 22 October 2018.


  16. ^ "List of Candidates 2014". Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.



External links


  • Official website

  • Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history











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