Faisal Hassan

Faisal Hassan
Critic, Youth Engagement
In office August 23, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston
In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Preceded by	Laura Albanese
Succeeded by	Michael Ford
Personal details
Born	Faisal Ahmed Hassan Somalia
Political party	Ontario New Democrat
Residence(s)	North York, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Broadcaster, author

Faisal Ahmed Hassan^[1] is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until his defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election.^[2] He represented the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Hassan is originally from Somalia.^[3] He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

For over 15 years, Hassan was active in housing issues in Toronto with Midaynta Community Services, the Toronto Community Hostel, and Woodgreen Housing.^[4]

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.^[3]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, he has been advocating for a moratorium on COVID-19 evictions.

He was part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: York South—Weston
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Ford	11,138	36.60	+3.65	$69,685
	New Democratic	Faisal Hassan	10,342	33.98	−2.09	$97,063
	Liberal	Nadia Guerrera	7,377	24.24	−3.59	$82,208
	Green	Ignacio Mongrell Gonzalez	770	2.53	−0.01	$0
	New Blue	Tom Hipsz	345	1.13		$0
	Ontario Party	Ana Gabriela Ortiz	251	0.82		$217
	Independent	James Michael Fields	209	0.69		$632
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,432	99.12	+0.31	$112,794
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			271	0.88	−0.31
Turnout			30,703	38.11	−11.06
Eligible voters			80,336
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.87
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: 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	+0.10
	Libertarian	Bonnie Hu	228	0.61
Total valid votes			37,298	98.81
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			449	1.19	-0.03
Turnout			37,747	49.17	+3.03
Eligible voters			76,772
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.42
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

v t e 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[7][8]

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. "Faisal Hassan wins seat for NDP in York South-Weston". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
3. "Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination". Digital Journal, February 5, 2015.
4. Hassan, Faisal (July 18, 2021). "LinkedIn page".
5. "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
6. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
7. "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
8. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
• Website: https://www.faisalhassan.ca/ Archived 2021-07-18 at the Wayback Machine