Summary
Charmaine Williams is a Canadian politician, currently serving as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity.[1] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election, representing the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Charmaine Williams | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sara Singh |
| Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity of Ontario | |
| Assumed office June 24th, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Jill Dunlop |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Municipal politics edit
Williams ran for the vacant Ward 7 & 8 city council seat in the 2018 municipal election. During the campaign, Williams supported a gun amnesty buyback program and supported a municipal by-law banning the sale of marijuana within 500 meters of schools.[2][3]
On October 22, 2018, Williams was elected receiving 25.76% of the vote in a 9 person race.[4] With her victory, Williams became the first black woman ever elected to Brampton City Council.[5]
On May 31, 2022, during the Ontario provincial election in which Williams was a candidate, Brampton City Council passed a motion to pre-emptively appoint former city councillor Elaine Moore as William's replacement if she were to resign. The motion passed 6–5 with Williams being one of the 6 votes in favor.[6] A court later ruled that the pre-emptive appointment violated the Municipal Act.[7]
Provincial politics edit
On March 31, 2021, Williams was named Ontario PC candidate for the Brampton Centre riding.[8] On June 2, 2022, she defeated NDP incumbent Sara Singh, receiving 41.36% of the vote.[9]
On June 24, she was appointed to the Ford Ministry as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity.[1], making her the first black person appointed to cabinet in an Ontario PC government.[10]
Electoral record edit
| 2022 Ontario general election: Brampton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charmaine Williams | 10,119 | 41.36 | +3.26 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sara Singh | 6,522 | 26.66 | −11.71 | ||||
| Liberal | Safdar Hussain | 6,119 | 25.01 | +7.68 | ||||
| Green | Karitsa Tye | 882 | 3.61 | +0.47 | ||||
| New Blue | Kathrin Matusiak | 821 | 3.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,463 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 139 | |||||||
| Turnout | 24,602 | 36.67 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,997 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +7.48 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Brampton Municipal Election: Ward 7 & 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Charmaine Williams | 5,086 | 25.76 |
| Martin Singh | 4,403 | 22.30 |
| Karla Bailey | 3,489 | 17.67 |
| Harveen Dhaliwal | 3,364 | 17.04 |
| Cheryl Rodricks | 1,003 | 5.08 |
| Drew Riedstra | 824 | 4.17 |
| Gurvinder Singh | 712 | 3.61 |
| Sam Kunjicka | 512 | 2.59 |
| Mokshi Virk | 348 | 1.76 |
References edit
- ^ a b "There are seven new faces — including a former CFLer — in Doug Ford's cabinet". The Toronto Star. 2022-06-24. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ Boisvert, Nick (20 July 2018). "Brampton mother wants city to introduce gun amnesty buyback program". CBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Mirza, Maryam. "Charmaine Williams wins, making her first black woman to win a seat on Brampton city council". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "Brampton election results 2018". Global News. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ Sheikh, Maleeha. "Charmaine Williams becomes first black woman elected to Brampton City Council". CityNews. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ Frisque, Graeme (8 June 2022). "Former Brampton Coun. Elaine Moore appointed to fill vacant council seat after divisive controversial 6-5 decision". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ DeClerq, Katherine (12 July 2022). "Court finds Brampton council decision to pre-emptively fill vacant seat illegal". CP24. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Heck, Alexandra (2 April 2021). "City councillor Charmaine Williams named PC candidate for Brampton Centre". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Moon, Jenna (2 June 2022). "PCs' Charmaine Williams takes Brampton Centre riding from NDP deputy leader Sara Singh". Toronto Star. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Doug Ford reveals Ontario cabinet that includes a new health minister – and his nephew". CBC News. The Canadian Press. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.