Chris Glover (born September 4, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Chris Glover | |
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| Critic, Small Business | |
| Assumed office July 13, 2022 | |
| Leader | Peter Tabuns (interim) |
| Critic, Technology, Development, and Innovation | |
| Assumed office February 1, 2021 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath and Peter Tabuns (interim) |
| Critic, Colleges and Universities | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – February 1, 2021 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of Parliament for Spadina—Fort York | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Han Dong (Trinity-Spadina) |
| Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 2) Etobicoke Centre | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel MacLean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1961 Oshawa, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Occupation | Professor |
Prior to his election to the legislature, Glover was an adjunct professor in social sciences at York University and twice-elected trustee with the Toronto District School Board for Etobicoke-Centre.
On August 23, 2018, Glover was named Official Opposition Critic for Colleges and Universities. As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Technology, Development and Innovation, and Democratic Reform.
Electoral record
edit| 2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 15,595 | 46.06 | −3.56 | $135,213 | |||
| Liberal | Chi Nguyen | 9,463 | 27.95 | 4.28 | $81,726 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Husain Neemuchwala | 6,221 | 18.37 | −3.41 | $14,178 | |||
| Green | Cara Des Granges | 1,902 | 5.62 | 1.97 | $1,233 | |||
| New Blue | Angela Asher | 581 | 1.72 | $5,875 | ||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Jan Osko | 95 | 0.28 | 0.11 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,857 | 100.0 | $139,048 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 230 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,087 | 34.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 99,325 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −3.92 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 24,677 | 49.62 | 22.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Han Dong | 11,770 | 23.67 | -24.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Iris Yu | 10,834 | 21.79 | 3.33 | ||||
| Green | Rita Bilerman | 1,815 | 3.65 | -2.33 | ||||
| Libertarian | Erik Malmholt | 278 | 0.56 | |||||
| None of the Above | Adam Nobody | 271 | 0.54 | |||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Queenie Yu | 86 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,731 | 99.17 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 415 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,146 | 53.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,622 | |||||||
| New Democratic pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "NDP’s Chris Glover wins in condo-heavy Spadina-Fort York". Toronto Star, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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