Jess Dixon

Summary

Jess Dixon (born May 2, 1987)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[2]

Jess Dixon
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Kitchener South—Hespeler
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byAmy Fee
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceCambridge, Ontario

Before Politics edit

Dixon graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Philosophy and attended law school at the University of Ottawa. As a student, she worked in the Ministry of the Attorney General and then full-time as an Assistant Crown Attorney upon being called to the bar in 2014. after being called to the bar she moved to Cambridge to work as a provincial Crown attorney in the Kitchener courthouse.[3][4]

Electoral Record edit

2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener South—Hespeler
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Jess Dixon 13,768 39.91 +1.05 $72,110
New Democratic Joanne Weston 9,118 26.43 −10.62 $57,359
Liberal Ismail Mohamed 5,629 16.32 +1.41 $40,062
Green David Weber 3,993 11.58 +4.05 $18,207
New Blue John Teat 1,436 4.16   $3,952
Ontario Party David Gillies 552 1.60   $182
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,496 99.23 +0.76 $115,430
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 266 0.77 -0.76
Turnout 34,762 42.16 -13.66
Eligible voters 81,506
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.83
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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Meet Jess Dixon, Kitchener South-Hespeler's Progressive Conservative candidate in the 2022 provincial election". 10 May 2022.
  2. ^ "PC Jess Dixon wins in Kitchener South—Hespeler". Toronto Star. June 2, 2022. ISSN 0319-0781.
  3. ^ "Meet Jess Dixon". Jess Dixon, MPP. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ^ Fraser, Justine (May 4, 2022). "GETTING TO KNOW: Kitchener South-Hespeler Progressive Conservative candidate Jess Dixon". Cambridge Today. Retrieved 20 July 2022.