Christine Janice Elliott was born on April 13,1955 and is a retired Canadian politician in Ontario who served as the 11th deputy premier of Ontario and the Ontario minister of health from 2018 to 2022.
35 Facts About Christine Elliott
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Christine Elliott is the widow of former Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty under former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Christine Elliott was the runner-up in both the 2015 and 2018 PC party leadership races and placed third in the 2009 race.
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Christine Elliott was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2015.
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Christine Elliott was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank Klees.
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Christine Elliott was appointed as the party's deputy leader in 2009.
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Christine Elliott was a candidate for 2015 leadership election but lost to former federal MP Patrick Brown.
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In that contest, Christine Elliott won the most votes and ridings but lost the contest to Doug Ford.
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Christine Elliott then received the nomination to run for the riding of Newmarket-Aurora and was elected on June 7,2018, as the PC Party won the election.
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Christine Elliott did not stand in the 2022 Ontario general election.
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Christine Elliott attended the University of Western Ontario where she received her honours Bachelor of Arts degree in history.
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Christine Elliott graduated from Western Law School and received her Bachelor of Laws degree in 1978.
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Christine Elliott was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980.
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Christine Elliott started off her career as a bank auditor for one of Canada's largest banks.
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Christine Elliott received Whitby's Peter Perry Award, an annual recognition of Whitby's outstanding citizen.
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Christine Elliott is the co-founder and director of the Abilities Centre, a director and past chair of Grandview Children's Centre and a director of the Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation.
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Christine Elliott was board president of the Durham Mental Health Services, which named one of their group homes in her honour.
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Christine Elliott was married to former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty until his death on April 10,2014.
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Christine Elliott gave birth to their triplet sons John, Galen, and Quinn in 1991.
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Christine Elliott lived in Whitby with her sons until 2015 when she moved to Toronto to be closer to her job as Patient Ombudsman.
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Christine Elliott's son Galen worked for Doug Ford, when he was a Toronto city councillor representing Ward 2 Etobicoke North.
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Christine Elliott said that she supports nuclear energy and that the Liberal's green energy plan was insufficient for Ontario's needs.
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At the leadership convention on June 28,2009, in Markham, Ontario, Christine Elliott placed third in the results behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank Klees.
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Christine Elliott became the party's Deputy Leader from 2009 until her resignation in 2015.
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On June 25,2014, Christine Elliott announced she would seek the leadership of the party for a second time.
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Christine Elliott resigned her seat in the legislature on August 28,2015, one week before Brown's election to the provincial parliament.
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On February 1,2018, Christine Elliott resigned as Patient Ombudsman to enter the Ontario PC Party leadership election.
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Christine Elliott stated she supported the "People's Guarantee" with the exception of a carbon tax, which she opposed.
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Christine Elliott had the most support from the Ontario PC caucus of any leadership candidate in the race.
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Christine Elliott had the most votes and had won the most ridings but did not have the most points and therefore came in second.
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Christine Elliott initially refused to concede to Ford, citing "serious irregularities" in the race and vowed to "investigate the extent of this discrepancy".
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Christine Elliott won the election on June 7,2018, and her party formed a majority government during the 42nd Parliament of Ontario.
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On July 26,2018, under Premier Ford, Christine Elliott has increased the provincial mental health budget from $3.8 billion annually by an additional $3.8 billion over a ten-year period.
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Christine Elliott has been overseeing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.
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On March 4,2022, Christine Elliott announced that she will not seek re-election in the upcoming provincial election.