Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott won't seek June re-election
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Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, speaks regarding the easing of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, speaks regarding the easing of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. PHOTO BY NATHAN DENETTE /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott will not seek re-election in June, the Toronto Sun has learned.
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The Conservative MPP for Newmarket-Aurora will announce her intentions on Friday, according to sources.
Elliott, a veteran politician, currently serves as deputy premier under Doug Ford and has held the position since 2018 when Ford took office. She’s the latest high-profile member of Ford’s cabinet to resign, following in the footsteps of former minister of long-term care Rod Phillips, who departed in January.
Elliott has been front and centre throughout the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
She put her name forward in the 2018 Ontario PC leadership race and narrowly lost out to Ford, losing by one per cent in the party’s complex points system.
She also lost leadership bids in 2015 and 2009.
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Elliott turns 67 next month and has served as an MPP for 13 years.
The PCs must now nominate a candidate to run in her place with the election campaign slated to begin on May 4.
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Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, speaks regarding the easing of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.
Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, speaks regarding the easing of restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. PHOTO BY NATHAN DENETTE /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott will not seek re-election in June, the Toronto Sun has learned.
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STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Article content
The Conservative MPP for Newmarket-Aurora will announce her intentions on Friday, according to sources.
Elliott, a veteran politician, currently serves as deputy premier under Doug Ford and has held the position since 2018 when Ford took office. She’s the latest high-profile member of Ford’s cabinet to resign, following in the footsteps of former minister of long-term care Rod Phillips, who departed in January.
Elliott has been front and centre throughout the government’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
She put her name forward in the 2018 Ontario PC leadership race and narrowly lost out to Ford, losing by one per cent in the party’s complex points system.
She also lost leadership bids in 2015 and 2009.
The number of people waiting for surgery in Ontario is 58,000, Health Minister Christine Elliott says.
Surgery backlog won't take five years to clear, Elliott says
Shoppers wearing masks at CF Sherway Gardens in Toronto, Ont. on Tuesday July 7, 2020. This is the first day of the mandatory masks or face covering bylaw. Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia
STATE OF ONTARIO UPDATE: Did Christine Elliott dodge vaccine pass and end dates question?
Elliott turns 67 next month and has served as an MPP for 13 years.
The PCs must now nominate a candidate to run in her place with the election campaign slated to begin on May 4.
'THANKFUL FOR THE JOURNEY': Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott won't seek June re-election
Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott will not seek re-election in June, the Toronto Sun has learned.
