Linda Jeffrey is a politician

Politician

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 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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, representing the riding

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 of Brampton—Springdale

Brampton—Springdale (provincial electoral district)

Brampton—Springdale is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 83.7% of the district was created from Brampton Centre while 16.3% was carved from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale....

 for the Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

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, and is the province's Minister of Natural Resources

Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario)

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 in the Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 government of Premier

Premier of Ontario

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 Dalton McGuinty

Dalton McGuinty

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.

Background

Jeffrey was born in Cork

Cork (city)

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, Ireland

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, and moved to Brampton

Brampton, Ontario

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 in 1983. She and her husband, John, have three sons.

Municipal politics

She was elected as a city councillor for Brampton's Ward 2 in 1991, and helped to negotiate the sale of Brampton Hydro toward the end of the decade (in addition to representing Brampton on the provincial Hydro One

Hydro One

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 Board of Directors). Jeffrey also chaired the city's Budget Committee, and increased public access to the city's budget review process during her time as a councillor. She served as Acting Mayor of Brampton in May 2001, making at least one official appearance with the title.

Provincial politics

Although previously associated with the Progressive Conservatives

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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, Jeffrey switched to the Liberals to run in the provincial election of 2003

Ontario general election, 2003

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. She defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Joe Spina

Joe Spina

Joe Spina is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, representing a Brampton-area riding for the Progressive Conservative Party....

 by 1005 votes in Brampton Centre, and now chairs the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

In October 2004, she announced that construction had been started on the William Osler Health Centre in her riding.

Since her arrival at the Provincial Legislature she has served in a variety of positions including Parliamentary Assistant to the Ministers of Children and Youth Services, Democratic Renewal, Intergovernmental Affairs, Citizenship and Immigration and most recently, Transportation.

On January 18, 2010, Premier Dalton McGuinty appointed her to cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.

Brampton—Springdale

Brampton Centre

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Linda Jeffrey

Linda Jeffrey is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brampton—Springdale for the Ontario Liberal Party, and is the province's Minister of Natural Resources in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton...

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Joe Spina

Joe Spina is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, representing a Brampton-area riding for the Progressive Conservative Party....

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External links

• Linda Jeffrey's official MPP Site