Jess Dixon
Jess Dixon | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener South—Hespeler | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Amy Fee |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Cambridge, Ontario |
Jess Dixon (born May 2, 1987)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[2]
Before Politics
Dixon graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Philosophy and attended law school at the University of Ottawa. As a student, she worked in the Ministry of the Attorney General and then full-time as an Assistant Crown Attorney upon being called to the bar in 2014. after being called to the bar she moved to Cambridge to work as a provincial Crown attorney in the Kitchener courthouse.[3][4]
Controversies
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During the campaign, Dixon was criticized for her lack of debate attendance, lack of meetings with other candidates, lack of round table discussions, and not being accessible to the community she was running to represent[citation needed]. On election night she was the only candidate in the region that didn't invite the media to the election party hosted by her family.[5]
On Nov 4th, 2022, there was a protest outside Jess Dixon's office against Bill 28. Dixon voted for and made a speech in the Legislature supporting the bill. She made no comment in response to her constituents' protest. [6]
Electoral Record
| 2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener South—Hespeler | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jess Dixon | 13,768 | 39.91 | +1.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joanne Weston | 9,118 | 26.43 | -10.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Ismail Mohamed | 5,629 | 16.32 | +1.41 | ||||
| Green | David Weber | 3,993 | 11.58 | +4.05 | ||||
| New Blue | John Teat | 1,436 | 4.16 | |||||
| Ontario Party | David Gillies | 552 | 1.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,496 | |||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 266 | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +5.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Meet Jess Dixon, Kitchener South-Hespeler's Progressive Conservative candidate in the 2022 provincial election". 10 May 2022.
- ^ "PC Jess Dixon wins in Kitchener South—Hespeler". Toronto Star. June 2, 2022. ISSN 0319-0781.
- ^ "Meet Jess Dixon". Jess Dixon, MPP. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Fraser, Justine (May 4, 2022). "GETTING TO KNOW: Kitchener South-Hespeler Progressive Conservative candidate Jess Dixon". Cambridge Today. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Fraser, Justine (June 3, 2022). "PC Jess Dixon wins riding but dodges media on election night". Cambridge Today. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Williams, Robert (November 4, 2022). "'If this doesn't get fixed right away, Ford is looking at a potential provincial shutdown'". The Record. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Candidates in: Kitchener South—Hespeler (049)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
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