Chris Glover

Chris Glover
MPP
Critic, Small Business
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
LeaderPeter Tabuns (interim)
Critic, Technology, Development, and Innovation
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 1, 2021
LeaderAndrea Horwath and Peter Tabuns (interim)
Critic, Colleges and Universities
In office
August 23, 2018 – February 1, 2021
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Member of Parliament
for Spadina—Fort York
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byHan Dong (Trinity-Spadina)
Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 2) Etobicoke Centre
In office
December 1, 2010 – June 2018
Preceded byJohn Campbell
Succeeded byDaniel MacLean
Personal details
Born (1961-09-04) September 4, 1961 (age 63)
Oshawa, Ontario
Political partyNew Democratic
OccupationProfessor

Chris Glover (born September 4, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Glover was an adjunct professor in social sciences at York University and twice-elected trustee with the Toronto District School Board for Etobicoke-Centre.

On August 23, 2018, Glover was named Official Opposition Critic for Colleges and Universities. As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Technology, Development and Innovation, and Democratic Reform.

Electoral record

2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Chris Glover 15,595 46.06 −3.56 $135,213
Liberal Chi Nguyen 9,463 27.95 +4.28 $81,726
Progressive Conservative Husain Neemuchwala 6,221 18.37 −3.41 $14,178
Green Cara Des Granges 1,902 5.62 +1.97 $1,233
New Blue Angela Asher 581 1.72   $5,875
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Jan Osko 95 0.28 +0.11 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 33,857 100.0     $139,048
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 230
Turnout 34,087 34.35
Eligible voters 99,325
New Democratic hold Swing −3.92
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: Spadina—Fort York
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Chris Glover 24,677 49.62 +22.91
Liberal Han Dong 11,770 23.67 -24.64
Progressive Conservative Iris Yu 10,834 21.79 +3.33
Green Rita Bilerman 1,815 3.65 -2.33
Libertarian Erik Malmholt 278 0.56
None of the Above Adam Nobody 271 0.54
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Queenie Yu 86 0.17
Total valid votes 49,731 99.17
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 415 0.83
Turnout 50,146 53.56
Eligible voters 93,622
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

References

  1. ^ "NDP’s Chris Glover wins in condo-heavy Spadina-Fort York". Toronto Star, June 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.


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