Kathleen Wynne

Kathleen Wynne
Wynne in 2017
25th Premier of Ontario
In office
February 11, 2013 – June 29, 2018
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorDavid Onley
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Preceded byDalton McGuinty
Succeeded byDoug Ford
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Don Valley West
In office
October 2, 2003 – May 3, 2022[1]
Preceded byDavid Turnbull
Succeeded byStephanie Bowman
Additional offices held
Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
In office
January 26, 2013 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byDalton McGuinty
Succeeded byJohn Fraser (interim)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
February 11, 2013 – June 29, 2018
PremierHerself
Preceded byLaurel Broten
Succeeded byDoug Ford
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office
February 11, 2013 – June 24, 2014
PremierHerself
Preceded byTed McMeekin
Succeeded byJeff Leal
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
In office
October 20, 2011 – November 5, 2012
PremierDalton McGuinty
Preceded bySandra Pupatello (Municipal Affairs and Housing);
Chris Bentley (Aboriginal Affairs)
Succeeded byBob Chiarelli (Municipal Affairs and Housing);
Chris Bentley (Aboriginal Affairs)
Minister of Transportation
In office
January 18, 2010 – October 20, 2011
PremierDalton McGuinty
Preceded byRick Bartolucci
Succeeded byBob Chiarelli (interim)
Minister of Education
In office
September 18, 2006 – January 18, 2010
PremierDalton McGuinty
Preceded bySandra Pupatello
Succeeded byLeona Dombrowsky
Toronto District School Board Trustee
for Ward 8
In office
2000–2003
Personal details
Born
Kathleen O'Day Wynne

(1953-05-21) May 21, 1953 (age 71)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Political partyOntario Liberal
Spouses
Phil Cowperthwaite
(m. 1977; div. 1991)
Jane Rounthwaite
(m. 2005)
Children3
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician

Kathleen O'Day Wynne (/wɪn/ WIN; born May 21, 1953) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Don Valley West from 2003 to 2022. Wynne is the first female premier of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canada.

Wynne was first elected to public office as a trustee for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2000. She subsequently was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 2003. Under Premier Dalton McGuinty, she served in various cabinet posts, until resigning to run in the Liberal leadership race when McGuinty announced his resignation in 2012.[2] Wynne replaced McGuinty as premier and leader of the Liberal Party upon her victory of the leadership, and subsequently led the party to a majority government victory in the 2014 Ontario provincial election.

As premier, Wynne introduced free prescription drug coverage for children, increased the minimum wage to $14 an hour, and introduced free post-secondary tuition for families making under $50,000. Controversially, her government introduced a reformed sex education curriculum, brought in a cap-and-trade pollution pricing regime with Quebec and California, and privatized Hydro One.

Wynne sought another mandate in the 2018 provincial election; however, she conceded midway into the election and acknowledged her party would not form government again. The Liberals would lose official party status in the worst defeat of a governing party in Ontario history. Wynne subsequently resigned as Liberal leader on election night and was succeeded by Ottawa South MPP John Fraser as interim party leader. Wynne formally resigned as premier on June 29, 2018. She held her seat in the Legislative Assembly and continued to sit as an MPP until 2022 when she did not contest the provincial election and retired from politics.

  1. ^ "Kathleen O. Wynne". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. October 2, 2003. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Wynne clears way for Ontario Liberal leadership bid". CBC News. November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 2, 2012.

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