Monique Taylor
Monique Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain | |
| Assumed office October 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Sophia Aggelonitis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28, 1972[1][2] Hamilton, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | MPP |
Monique Taylor (born June 28, 1972) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Hamilton Mountain. She has been an MPP since 2011.
Background
Taylor was born in east end of Hamilton and grew up in the city. She has worked as a waitress and most recently as administrative assistant to Hamilton City Councillor Scott Duvall.[3]
Politics
In 2011 she ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of Hamilton Mountain. She beat Liberal incumbent Sophia Aggelonitis by 5,798 votes.[4][5] She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Javid Mirza by 8,483 votes.[6]
In 2012 she introduced a private member's bill that would have extended Ontario ombudsman's oversight to Children Aid Societies. The bill made it to second reading but the bill died when Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued the house in September 2012.[7]
She is the NDP's critic for children and youth services, and critic for accessibility and persons with disabilities.[8]
In May 2016, Taylor was ejected from the legislature for repeatedly refusing the Speaker's requests to stop yelling while debating a new Ontario Autism Program with $333 million in funding, but which would move kids with autism older than five to a longer but less intensive therapy program and compensate their families with $8000 for being taken off the intensive therapy waitlist.[9]
Electoral record
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Monique Taylor | 20,492 | 45.2 | +11.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Sophia Aggelonitis | 14,694 | 32.4 | -4.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Geordie Elms | 8,641 | 19.0 | -4.54 | ||||
| Green | Tony Morris | 748 | 1.6 | -3.05 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Jim Enos | 450 | 1.0 | -0.06 | ||||
| Libertarian | Hans Wienhold | 222 | 0.5 | |||||
| Freedom | Brian Goodwin | 126 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,373 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario.[10] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Newman, Mark. "MPP Monique Taylor credits parents for provincial change on autism funding". Hamilton Community News. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Gordon, Andrea. "Ontario backs off controversial autism changes, boosts services after parents protest". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ "Who is Monique Taylor?". Hamilton Spectator. 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "Taylor in sensational upset". Hamilton Spectator. 6 October 2011.
- ^ "General Election by District: Hamilton Mountain". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ^ Walters, Joan (18 October 2012). "Hamilton MPPs watch, frustrated, as bills die after premier prorogues session". Hamilton Spectator.
- ^ Reevely, David (June 25, 2014). "Horwath sticks around, names NDP shadow cabinet".
- ^ "Hamilton MPP Monique Taylor booted from legislature in debate over autism cuts". CBC News. The Canadian Press. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for each Candidate: 2011" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 7. Retrieved 2012-10-13.