Jill Dunlop

The Honourable Jill Dunlop MPP
Minister of Colleges and Universities
Incumbent
Assumed office June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Ross Romano
Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Lisa MacLeod[a]
Succeeded by	Jane McKenna
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Patrick Brown
Personal details
Born	(1975-02-07) February 7, 1975 (age 49)
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Parent(s)	Garfield Dunlop Jane Dunlop
Occupation	Post secondary administrator

Jill Dunlop is a Canadian politician who is the Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities since June 18, 2021. She represents the riding of Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2018 ^[1] and was also the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues.^[2]

She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater Ontario, and is the daughter of Jane Dunlop - former Deputy Mayor of Township of Severn, ON and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	23,041	49.80	+2.89
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	8,208	17.74	−10.29
	Liberal	Aaron Cayden Hiltz	8,070	17.44	−0.26
	Green	Krystal Brooks	4,071	8.80	+2.05
	New Blue	Mark Douris	1,438	3.11
	Ontario Party	Aaron MacDonald	1,119	2.42
	Libertarian	William Joslin	318	0.69	+0.09
Total valid votes			46,265	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			228
Turnout			46,493	46.24
Eligible voters			101,053
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.59
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.

2018 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	25,236	46.92	+2.98
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	15,078	28.03	+12.48
	Liberal	Gerry Marshall	9,523	17.70	-14.82
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,632	6.75	-1.24
	Libertarian	Cynthia Sneath	320	0.59
Total valid votes			53,789	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		-8.97
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

Notes

1. Lisa MacLeod as Minister responsible for Women's Issues.

References

1. "Jill Dunlop elected in Simcoe North". CTV Barrie. June 7, 2018.
2. "Jill Dunlop | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
3. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.