Deborah Drake Matthews is a former Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018.
14 Facts About Deb Matthews
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Deb Matthews is the third of nine children born to Donald Jeune Matthews, former president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
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Deb Matthews's mother was Joyce Eleanor Matthews, and her sister is Shelley Peterson, the wife of former Ontario Premier David Peterson.
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Deb Matthews studied at the University of Western Ontario where she earned a PhD in social demography.
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Deb Matthews was honoured twice on the University Students' Council Teaching Honour Roll at the University of Western Ontario.
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Deb Matthews has been involved in the Liberal Party since 1975, when she helped run Peterson's campaign in the old riding of London Centre.
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Deb Matthews co-chaired the Liberal Party's provincial campaigns in the elections of 1987 and 1995.
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Deb Matthews was elected as President of the Ontario Liberal Party in 2003 and held the post until resigning in late 2006.
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Deb Matthews was appointed as the minister of children and youth services and minister responsible for women's issues after the election.
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On December 4,2008, Deb Matthews introduced Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy as chair of the Cabinet Committee on Poverty Reduction.
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On October 7,2009, Deb Matthews was named the minister of health and long-term care to replace David Caplan.
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Deb Matthews was re-elected in the 2011 election, and was re-appointed as health minister on October 20,2011.
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In 2012, Deb Matthews came under pressure because of revelations at Ornge, Ontario's air ambulance service.
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Deb Matthews left cabinet on January 17,2018, having declined re-election in the 2018 election.