Suze Morrison
Suze Morrison | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre | |
| In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Glen Murray |
| Succeeded by | Kristyn Wong-Tam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 4, 1988 Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Spouse | Trevor Morey[1] |
| Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Guelph-Humber |
| Occupation | Communications consultant |
Suze Morrison is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] She represented the riding of Toronto Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, and was the Ontario New Democratic Party's Caucus Critic for both Housing and Women's Issues.[3] She did not run for re-election in 2022.
Background
[edit]Of mixed European and Indigenous heritage, Morrison was born in the Parry Sound District before moving to Toronto in childhood. She took her Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in media studies from Guelph-Humber, and has worked in communications and public relations in the non-profit sector.[2] She first became prominent within the riding as an advocate for community safety after witnessing the drive-by shooting of Lemard Champagnie in Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood in 2017.[1]
Morrison is a motorsports enthusiast, and competes in autocross events. She is a two-time winner of the Lorna Wilson Ladies Championship, which is awarded by the Western Ontario Sports Car Association.[4]
In June 2021, Morrison came out as bisexual.[5]
Politics
[edit]During the election campaign, she participated alongside Liberal MPP Steven Del Duca and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson in Election Brew, a non-partisan event sponsored by Equal Voice and Labatt to increase citizen engagement in politics through a friendly competition to create craft beer brews; Morrison's beer, an India pale ale, won the competition.[6]
She was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside caucus colleagues Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa.[7]
She served as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts,[8] and as the official opposition critic for housing and women's issues.
Morrison was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2019. As a result, she declined to run for re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election, instead opting to undergo treatment for the disease.[9]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2018 Ontario general election: Toronto Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Suze Morrison | 23,688 | 53.66 | +37.87 | ||||
| Liberal | David Morris | 11,986 | 27.15 | -31.07 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Meredith Cartwright | 6,234 | 14.12 | -4.43 | ||||
| Green | Adam Sommerfeld | 1,377 | 3.12 | -1.30 | ||||
| Libertarian | Judi Falardeau | 371 | 0.84 | -0.23 | ||||
| Special Needs | Dan King | 117 | 0.27 | -0.12 | ||||
| New People's Choice | Cameron James | 110 | 0.25 | |||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Theresa Snell | 102 | 0.23 | |||||
| The People | Kevin Clarke | 98 | 0.22 | +0.06 | ||||
| Canadian Economic | Wanda Marie Fountain | 65 | 0.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 44,148 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +34.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Man killed in Regent Park drive-by shooting ID'd as Lemard Champagnie". CBC News Toronto, July 3, 2017.
- ^ a b Ormsby, Mary (June 7, 2018). "Historic NDP win as Suze Morrison takes Toronto Centre". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "NDP Caucus Critic Portfolios - August 2018" (PDF). www.ontariondp.ca. August 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "WOSCA Results"
- ^ Suze Morrison, "Op-ed: NDP MPP Suze Morrison on coming out while staying in". Now, June 6, 2021.
- ^ "With provincial election brewing, Labatt brings political foes together". Canada NewsWire. May 2, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Ontario Legislature". August 24, 2018
- ^ "Toronto Centre MPP Suze Morrison won't seek re-election". thestar.com. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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