Andrea Khanjin
The Honourable Andrea Khanjin MPP | |
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Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office September 22, 2023 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | David Piccini |
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Intergovernmental Affairs | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 29, 2022 | |
Minister | Doug Ford |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Barrie—Innisfil | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Riding established |
Personal details | |
Born | (1987-12-27) December 27, 1987 (age 36) Moscow, Soviet Union |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | Innisfil, Ontario |
Alma mater | University of Ottawa |
Occupation | Member of Provincial Parliament |
Andrea Daria Khanjin[1] (born December 27, 1987, in Moscow)[2] is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2018 general election representing the riding of Barrie-Innisfil.[3][4][5] She has been the longest serving Deputy Government House Leader[6] for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario since 2019. She also served as the Deputy Government Whip,[6] and as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks during the 42nd Provincial Parliament.[7] Khanjin is the first Jewish woman to be a PC cabinet minister. In September 2023 she was promoted to cabinet as the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks.
Politics
Khanjin ran as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate in the 2018 Ontario general election for the riding of Barrie-Innisfil, won with 22,121 votes, and defeated the Liberal incumbent by 16, 576 votes.[3] She was re-elected in 2022 Ontario general election.
Following her election in 2018, during Khanjin's first term, she served as a member of Finance and Economic Affairs, Estimates, and Government Agencies Committees. During this term she also successfully introduced a private member's bill and co-sponsored two other bills. On June 5, 2019, she introduced an Act to proclaim the Provincial Day of Action on Litter as her private member's bill;[8] on March 1, 2020, Khanjin and Cuzzetto introduced an Act to proclaim Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day and Thalassemia Awareness Day,[9] and; she co-sponsored an Act to proclaim the month of August as Emancipation Month on December 8, 2021.[10] All of these bills proceeded and received Royal Assents.
Provincial Day of Action on Litter
To raise awareness of the importance to a clean environment of not littering, Andrea Khanjin introduced an Act to proclaim the Provincial Day of Action on Litter every second Tuesday in May in each year as her first private member's bill.
Ontario marks the First Provincial Day of Action on Litter at the Innisfil Beach Park in the Town of Innisfil on May 12, 2020.[11]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day and Thalassemia Awareness Day
On June 3, 2021, Bill 255, Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day and Thalassemia Awareness Day Act, 2021 of Khanjin and Cuzzetto received royal assent. This bill proclaims that June 19 as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day and May 8 as Thalassemia Awareness Day in Ontario would increase awareness of these blood disorders in our province and dedicate a day to support individuals who have sickle cell disease or thalassemia and their families.[9]
Emancipation Month
Andrea Khanjin co-sponsored Bill 75, Emancipation Month Act, 2021 proclaiming August as Emancipation Month. Ontario pays tribute to the important contributions and leadership that the Black communities have made and continue to make in Ontario as a major part of the vibrant social, economic, political and cultural fabric of our province.[10]
Electoral Record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Andrea Khanjin | 18,225 | 50.25 | +0.28 | ||||
New Democratic | Pekka Reinio | 6,942 | 19.14 | −9.46 | ||||
Liberal | John Olthuis | 6,564 | 18.10 | +5.58 | ||||
Green | Bonnie North | 2,291 | 6.32 | −0.89 | ||||
New Blue | Ashlyn Steele | 1,220 | 3.36 | |||||
Ontario Party | Grace Dean | 764 | 2.11 | |||||
Independent | Benjamin Hughes | 147 | 0.41 | |||||
People's Front | Jake Tucker | 119 | 0.33 | |||||
Total valid votes | 36,272 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 228 | |||||||
Turnout | 36,500 | 39.61 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 92,471 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +4.87 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. |
2018 Ontario general election: Barrie—Innisfil | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Andrea Khanjin | 22,121 | 49.97 | |||||
New Democratic | Pekka Reinio | 12,661 | 28.60 | |||||
Liberal | Ann Hoggarth | 5,543 | 12.52 | |||||
Green | Bonnie North | 3,190 | 7.21 | |||||
Libertarian | Brett Dorion | 396 | 0.89 | |||||
Canadians' Choice | Jake Tucker | 184 | 0.42 | |||||
Trillium | Stacey Surkova | 118 | 0.27 | |||||
Moderate | Alexander Ryzhykh | 59 | 0.13 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,272 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 55.4 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 79,842 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[12] |
References
- ^ @ONPARLeducation (July 13, 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Csillag, Ron (June 28, 2018). "From Soviet Russia to Ontario's Legislature, Andrea Khanjin Shares Her Story". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Ann Hoggarth defeated, not sure how much Wynne played a part". Barrie Today. June 8, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Progressive Conservative Andrea Khanjin elected MPP in Barrie-Innisfil". Simcoe.com. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ "Progressive Conservative Andrea Khanjin wins in Barrie-Innisfil". CTV News. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Andrea Khanjin | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Combatting Litter for the Environment and Nature Act, 2019". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day and Thalassemia Awareness Day Act, 2021". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Emancipation Month Act, 2021". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Ontario Newsroom". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.