Christine Hogarth Explained

Christine Hogarth
Honorific-Suffix:MPP
Office1:Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General (Community Safety)
Term Start1:June 26, 2019
Minister1:Sylvia Jones
Parliament2:Ontario Provincial
Term Start2:June 7, 2018
Predecessor2:Peter Milczyn
Riding2:Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party:Progressive Conservative
Otherparty:Conservative (federal)
Residence:Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario
Occupation:Political Staffer
Alma Mater:Lake Superior State University (BSc)

Christine C. G. Hogarth[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] She represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, for which she previously served as Ontario executive director.

Early life and education

Hogarth has a bachelor of science degree in political science and public administration.[3] She is the daughter of Marlene Hogarth and William Donald Hogarth, who served as a municipal councillor in Shuniah.[4]

Career

Hogarth was chief of staff to John Tory when he headed the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[5] She was twice elected to the party executive[6] and served as its first female executive director and held two elected positions on the party executive. Hogarth was policy adviser to Chris Hodgson when he was Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Minister of Natural Resources and Chair of Management Board of Cabinet. Hogarth also worked for two Ontario Premiers.[7] She worked as the Director of Events for the Toronto Board of Trade and as a government relations manager with the Canadian Automobile Association.[8] [9] Within government, she was the Queen's Park staffer in Patrick Brown's office,[10] an executive assistant to the Ward 4 Councillor John Campbell in Etobicoke,[11] and from 2011 to 2014 chief of staff for the mayor of Greater Sudbury, Marianne Matichuk.[5] [9]

In 2017 she declared her candidacy for the Etobicoke—Lakeshore seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, against the incumbent, Peter Milczyn. She received the endorsement of Patrick Brown, then-leader the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.[9] [12]

On June 29, 2018, Hogarth was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a responsibility for the Housing portfolio.[13]

She was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.[14]

Election results

Notes and References

  1. ONPARLeducation. 1547261235305058304. 13 July 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 .
  2. Cynthia Reason, "Christine Hogarth unseats Liberal Peter Milczyn to turn Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding PC blue". Toronto Star, June 7, 2018.
  3. Web site: Meet Christine . Christine Hogarth: Etobicoke - Lakeshore . November 7, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171217150659/http://votechristinehogarth.com/Candidate . December 17, 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Obituary for William 'Bill' Hogarth . Sargent & Son . Thunder Bay, Ontario . November 14, 2017 .
  5. News: Laura Stricker . Why Sudbury mayor's chief of staff quit . . May 20, 2014 .
  6. News: Hudak calls for abolition of Human Rights Tribunal; Party insiders fear move proposed by front-runner in Tory leadership race would ignite controversy similar to religious-schools issue. Karen Howlett . 16 May 2009. . November 7, 2017. subscription . LexisNexis.
  7. Web site: Matichuk hires Mike Harris' former adviser as chief of staff . Sudbury.com . April 3, 2011 . April 4, 2011 .
  8. News: Former Tory adviser to work in mayor's office . The Sudbury Star . April 2, 2011 .
  9. News: Former Matichuk chief of staff running for PCs . The Sudbury Star . August 20, 2017 .
  10. News: Chelsea Nash . Conservative leadership frontrunners' hospitality suites boast biggest crowds, run late into the night . . May 27, 2017 .
  11. Web site: John Campbell . John Campbell (Ontario politician) . Community Update . December 2015 .
  12. Web site: Statement from Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown on the nomination of Christine Hogarth . Ontario Progressive Conservative Party . June 28, 2017 .
  13. News: Premier Ford Announces Parliamentary Assistant Assignments as Part of Ontario's Government for the People. news.ontario.ca. 2018-09-18. en.
  14. Web site: Mirror . Norm Nelson Scarborough . UPDATED: PCs sweep Ontario, settle for healthy seat lead in Toronto . 2022-06-03 . Toronto . en.