Jill Dunlop

The Honourable Jill Dunlop ECO MPP
Dunlop in 2019
Ontario Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Incumbent
Assumed office March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Position established
Ontario Minister of Education
In office August 16, 2024 – March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Todd Smith
Succeeded by	Paul Calandra
Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities
In office June 18, 2021 – August 16, 2024
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Ross Romano
Succeeded by	Nolan Quinn
Ontario Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Lisa MacLeod[a]
Succeeded by	Jane McKenna
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Patrick Brown
Personal details
Born	(1975-02-07) February 7, 1975 (age 50)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Parents	Garfield Dunlop (father) Jane Dunlop (mother)
Occupation	Post secondary administrator

Jill Dunlop ECO MPP is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of emergency preparedness and response since 2025. Dunlop has represented the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2018 as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Simcoe North. She was previously the province's associate minister of children and women's issues from 2019 to 2021, minister of colleges and universities from 2021 to 2024 and minister of education from 2024 to 2025.

Personal life

She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater, Ontario. She is the daughter of Jane Dunlop, former deputy mayor of Severn, Ontario and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Dunlop was elected as a MPP in 2018.^[1] She was appointed as the associate minister of children and women's issues in 2019, before becoming the minister of colleges and universities in 2021. She was appointed to her current position as minister of education in 2024.^[2][3] She was appointed as the first minister of emergency preparedness and response in 2025.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	24,849	51.38	+1.58
	Liberal	Walter Alvarez-Bardales	13,328	27.56	+10.12
	New Democratic	Jordi Malcolm	4,813	9.95	–7.79
	Green	Chris Carr	3,214	6.65	–2.15
	New Blue	Dave Brunelle	1,582	3.27	+0.16
	Libertarian	William Joslin	579	1.20	+0.51
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,365	99.21	–0.30
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			387	0.79	+0.30
Turnout			48,752	46.57	+0.33
Eligible voters			104,695
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–4.27
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	23,041	49.80	+2.89
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	8,208	17.74	−10.29
	Liberal	Aaron Cayden Hiltz	8,070	17.44	−0.26
	Green	Krystal Brooks	4,071	8.80	+2.05
	New Blue	Mark Douris	1,438	3.11
	Ontario Party	Aaron MacDonald	1,119	2.42
	Libertarian	William Joslin	318	0.69	+0.09
Total valid votes			46,265	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			228
Turnout			46,493	46.24
Eligible voters			101,053
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.59
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

2018 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	25,236	46.92	+2.98
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	15,078	28.03	+12.48
	Liberal	Gerry Marshall	9,523	17.70	-14.82
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,632	6.75	-1.24
	Libertarian	Cynthia Sneath	320	0.59
Total valid votes			53,789	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		-8.97
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

Notes

1. Lisa MacLeod as Minister responsible for Women's Issues.

References

1. "Jill Dunlop elected in Simcoe North". CTV Barrie. June 7, 2018.
2. "Jill Dunlop named Ontario's new education minister after Todd Smith resigns". CTV News. August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
3. "Jill Dunlop | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
4. "Jill Dunlop shuffled, now Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response". OrilliaMatters.com. March 19, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
5. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
6. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018.