Christine Hogarth

Christine Hogarth MPP
Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General (Community Safety)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 26, 2019
Minister	Sylvia Jones
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Peter Milczyn
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Other political affiliations	Conservative (federal)
Residence(s)	Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater	Lake Superior State University (BSc)
Occupation	Political Staffer

Christine C. G. Hogarth^[1] MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.^[2] She represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, for which she previously served as Ontario executive director.

Early life and education

Hogarth has a bachelor of science degree in political science and public administration.^[3] She is the daughter of Marlene Hogarth and William Donald Hogarth, who served as a municipal councillor in Shuniah.^[4]

Career

Hogarth was chief of staff to John Tory when he headed the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.^[5] She was twice elected to the party executive^[6] and served as its first female executive director and held two elected positions on the party executive. Hogarth was policy adviser to Chris Hodgson when he was Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Minister of Natural Resources and Chair of Management Board of Cabinet. Hogarth also worked for two Ontario Premiers.^[7] She worked as the Director of Events for the Toronto Board of Trade and as a government relations manager with the Canadian Automobile Association.^[8][9] Within government, she was the Queen's Park staffer in Patrick Brown's office,^[10] an executive assistant to the Ward 4 Councillor John Campbell in Etobicoke,^[11] and from 2011 to 2014 chief of staff for the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Marianne Matichuk.^[5][9]

In 2017 she declared her candidacy for the Etobicoke—Lakeshore seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, against the incumbent, Peter Milczyn. She received the endorsement of Patrick Brown, then-leader the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.^[9][12]

On June 29, 2018, Hogarth was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a responsibility for the Housing portfolio.^[13]

She was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.^[14]

Election results

v t e 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 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election: Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Hogarth	22,626	38.35	+4.00
	New Democratic	Phil Trotter	19,401	32.89	+20.46
	Liberal	Peter Milczyn	14,305	24.25	-23.23
	Green	Chris Caldwell	2,138	3.62	-0.41
	Libertarian	Mark Wrzesniewski	360	0.61	-0.05
	Moderate	Ian Lytvyn	163	0.28
Total valid votes			58,993	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[15]

References

1. @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. Cynthia Reason, "Christine Hogarth unseats Liberal Peter Milczyn to turn Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding PC blue". Toronto Star, June 7, 2018.
3. "Meet Christine". Christine Hogarth: Etobicoke - Lakeshore. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
4. "Obituary for William 'Bill' Hogarth". Thunder Bay, Ontario: Sargent & Son. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
5. Laura Stricker (May 20, 2014). "Why Sudbury mayor's chief of staff quit". The Sudbury Star.
6. Karen Howlett (16 May 2009). "Hudak calls for abolition of Human Rights Tribunal; Party insiders fear move proposed by front-runner in Tory leadership race would ignite controversy similar to religious-schools issue". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 7, 2017 – via LexisNexis.
7. "Matichuk hires Mike Harris' former adviser as chief of staff". Sudbury.com. April 4, 2011 [April 3, 2011].
8. "Former Tory adviser to work in mayor's office". The Sudbury Star. April 2, 2011.
9. "Former Matichuk chief of staff running for PCs". The Sudbury Star. August 20, 2017.
10. Chelsea Nash (May 27, 2017). "Conservative leadership frontrunners' hospitality suites boast biggest crowds, run late into the night". The Hill Times.
11. John Campbell (December 2015). "Community Update" (PDF).
12. "Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on the nomination of Christine Hogarth". Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. June 28, 2017.
13. "Premier Ford Announces Parliamentary Assistant Assignments as Part of Ontario's Government for the People". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
14. Mirror, Norm Nelson | Scarborough. "UPDATED: PCs sweep Ontario, settle for healthy seat lead in Toronto". Toronto. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
15. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.