Faisal Hassan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Faisal Hassan | |
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| Critic, Youth Engagement | |
| Assumed office August 23, 2018 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Preceded by | Laura Albanese |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Somalia |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | Broadcaster and author |
Hassan is originally from Somalia.[2] He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg.[2] He was the NDP candidate in Etobicoke North in the 2015 federal election, and has worked as a constituency assistant to Paul Ferreira and Mike Sullivan.[2]
He is part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde.[3]
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election: York South—Weston | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 13,455 | 36.07 | -1.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark DeMontis | 12,290 | 32.95 | +21.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Albanese | 10,379 | 27.83 | -20.02 | ||||
| Green | Grad Murray | 946 | 2.54 | +0.10 | ||||
| Libertarian | Bonnie Hu | 228 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,298 | 98.81 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 449 | 1.19 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,747 | 49.17 | +3.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,772 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Faisal Hassan wins seat for NDP in York South-Weston". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination". Digital Journal, February 5, 2015.
- ^ "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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