Lorne Coe | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MPP |
Office: | Government Chief Whip |
Premier: | Doug Ford |
Term Start: | November 5, 2018 |
Term End: | June 30, 2022 |
Predecessor: | Bill Walker |
Successor: | Ross Romano |
Parliament1: | Ontario Provincial |
Term Start1: | February 11, 2016 |
Predecessor1: | Christine Elliott |
Riding1: | Whitby Whitby—Oshawa (2016-2018) |
Office2: | Durham Regional Councillor |
Term Start2: | December 1, 2010 |
Term End2: | February 11, 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Gerry Emm |
Successor2: | Derrick Gleed |
Constituency2: | Whitby |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Birth Date: | October 5, 1949 |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Lorne Earle Coe (born October 5, 1949)[1] is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Whitby and was first elected in a by-election held on 11 February 2016.[2] Coe was elected with 52% of the vote compared to 28% for his closest rival, Elizabeth Roy of the Ontario Liberal Party.[3] Coe served on Whitby Town Council for 13 years, first as a town councillor and as a regional councillor from 2010 until his election to the provincial legislature in 2016.[4]
In January 2018, after party leader Patrick Brown stepped down and was replaced by Vic Fedeli, Coe replaced Brown as the party's education critic.[5]
Prior to entering politics, Coe had worked in both the private sector and for several ministries in the provincial government.[4] From November 2018 until May 2022, he served as the Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Since June 2022, he has served as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier of Ontario.[6]