Lindsey Park
Lindsey Park | |
|---|---|
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| Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General | |
| Assumed office June 29, 2018 | |
| Minister | Caroline Mulroney Doug Downey |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Durham | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Granville Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Parents | Jim |
| Alma mater | Wayne State University, University of Ottawa |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Lindsey Park is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the riding of Durham as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Background[edit]
Park was educated at Wayne State University, where she was an NCAA Division I women's hockey player for the Wayne State Warriors women's ice hockey team.[2] She later studied law at the University of Ottawa, and practiced civil litigation in Durham Region.[2]
Politics[edit]
Park was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative MPP in the 2018 provincial election for the electoral district of Durham on June 7, 2018.
On June 29, 2018, Park was named parliamentary assistant to the attorney general, Caroline Mulroney.[3]
Electoral record[edit]
| 2018 Ontario general election: Durham | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lindsey Park | 28,575 | 46.99% | +12.70 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joel Usher | 19,253 | 31.66% | +7.58 | ||||
| Liberal | Granville Anderson | 10,237 | 16.84% | −19.61 | ||||
| Green | Michelle Corbett | 2,360 | 3.88% | −0.51 | ||||
| Libertarian | Ryan Robinson | 382 | 0.63% | −0.17 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 60,807 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | |||||||
Source(s)
"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ O'Meara, Jennifer (June 7, 2018). "Park says she will represent Durham at Queen's Park, not the other way around". durhamregion.com.
- ^ a b "Lindsey Park wins the Durham provincial Conservative nomination". DurhamRegion.com, June 29, 2017.
- ^ "Premier Ford Announces Parliamentary Assistant Assignments as Part of Ontario's Government for the People". Retrieved 30 June 2018.