Faisal Hassan

Faisal Hassan
Critic, Youth Engagement
In office
August 23, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for York South—Weston
In office
June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Preceded byLaura Albanese
Succeeded byMichael Ford
Personal details
Born
Faisal Ahmed Hassan

Somalia
Political partyOntario New Democrat
Residence(s)North York, Ontario, Canada
OccupationBroadcaster, author

Faisal Ahmed Hassan[1] is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until his defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election.[2] He represented the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Hassan is originally from Somalia.[3] He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

For over 15 years, Hassan was active in housing issues in Toronto with Midaynta Community Services, the Toronto Community Hostel, and Woodgreen Housing.[4]

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.[3]

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, he has been advocating for a moratorium on COVID-19 evictions.

He was part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde.[5]

Electoral record

2022 Ontario general election: York South—Weston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Michael Ford 11,138 36.60 +3.65 $69,685
New Democratic Faisal Hassan 10,342 33.98 −2.09 $97,063
Liberal Nadia Guerrera 7,377 24.24 −3.59 $82,208
Green Ignacio Mongrell Gonzalez 770 2.53 −0.01 $0
New Blue Tom Hipsz 345 1.13   $0
Ontario Party Ana Gabriela Ortiz 251 0.82   $217
Independent James Michael Fields 209 0.69   $632
Total valid votes/Expense limit 30,432 99.12 +0.31 $112,794
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 271 0.88 −0.31
Turnout 30,703 38.11 −11.06
Eligible voters 80,336
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +2.87
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election: York South—Weston
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[6]
2015 Canadian federal election: Etobicoke North
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Kirsty Duncan 26,251 62.41 +19.84 $69,670.96
Conservative Toyin Dada 9,673 23.00 -8.96 $60,237.66
New Democratic Faisal Hassan 5,220 12.41 -11.21 $37,513.09
Green Akhtar Ayub 524 1.25 +1.08 $1,558.16
Marxist–Leninist Anna Di Carlo 232 0.55 –
No affiliation George Szebik 164 0.39 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 42,064 100.00   $201,932.10
Total rejected ballots 257 0.61 –
Turnout 42,321 62.18 –
Eligible voters 68,063
Liberal hold Swing +14.40
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]


References

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Faisal Hassan wins seat for NDP in York South-Weston". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination". Digital Journal, February 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Hassan, Faisal (July 18, 2021). "LinkedIn page".
  5. ^ "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits