Jill Dunlop Explained

Jill Dunlop
Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Honorific-Suffix:MPP
Office:Minister of Education
Premier:Doug Ford
Term Start:August 16, 2024
Predecessor:Todd Smith
Office1:Minister of Colleges and Universities
Premier1:Doug Ford
Term Start1:June 18, 2021
Term End1:August 16, 2024
Predecessor1:Ross Romano
Successor1:Nolan Quinn
Office2:Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues
Premier2:Doug Ford
Term Start2:June 20, 2019
Term End2:June 18, 2021
Predecessor2:Lisa MacLeod
Successor2:Jane McKenna
Parliament3:Ontario Provincial
Term Start3:June 7, 2018
Predecessor3:Patrick Brown
Riding3:Simcoe North
Party:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Birth Date:7 February 1975
Parents:Garfield Dunlop
Jane Dunlop
Occupation:Post secondary administrator

Jill Dunlop is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario Minister of Education since August 16, 2024.[1] She represents the riding of Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party since 2018 [2] and was also the Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues.[3] She was Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities from June 18, 2021 until August 16, 2024.

She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater Ontario, and is the daughter of Jane Dunlop - former Deputy Mayor of Township of Severn, ON and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.

Notes and References

  1. News: Jill Dunlop named Ontario's new education minister after Todd Smith resigns . August 16, 2024 . CTV News . August 16, 2024.
  2. News: Jill Dunlop elected in Simcoe North. June 7, 2018. CTV Barrie.
  3. Web site: Jill Dunlop Legislative Assembly of Ontario. August 17, 2020 . www.ola.org . en.