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Jessica Bell
MPP
Critic, Housing
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
LeaderMarit Stiles
Critic, Transit
In office
August 23, 2018 – June 2, 2022
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for University—Rosedale
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
NationalityAmerican Canadian
Political partyNew Democratic
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationPolitician, community organizer

Jessica Bell is a Canadian politician who has represented University—Rosedale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2018, as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

Bell is the Opposition Housing Critic[1] in the legislature. Prior to being elected, she was the founding executive director of TTCriders, an advocacy group campaigning for improvements to the Toronto Transit Commission. She has a long history of community organizing and grassroots activism.

Bell has also been a lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University, and director of the California Food & Justice Coalition.[2]

Politics

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In 2018, Bell was named the Ontario NDP's critic for transit. After the 2022 Ontario general election her critic portfolio changed to housing.[3] Bell publicly announced that she had voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 US Presidential Election.[4]

Electoral record

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2022 Ontario general election: University—Rosedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Jessica Bell 13,961 37.55 −12.11 $96,148
Liberal Andrea Barrack 10,172 27.36 +5.30 $120,103
Progressive Conservative Carl Qiu 6,535 17.58 −3.53 $43,740
Green Dianne Saxe 5,904 15.88 +10.51 $118,893
New Blue James Leventakis 469 1.26   $47
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda John Kanary 140 0.38   $0
Total valid votes/Expense limit 37,181 99.49 +0.45 $121,100
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 189 0.51 −0.45
Turnout 37,370 43.20 −13.43
Eligible voters 86,192
New Democratic hold Swing −8.71
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023.
2018 Ontario general election: University—Rosedale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jessica Bell 24,537 49.66 +25.39
Liberal Jo-Ann Davis 10,898 22.06 -26.04
Progressive Conservative Gillian Smith 10,431 21.11 +2.98
Green Tim Grant 2,652 5.37 -1.69
New People's Choice Daryl Christoff 284 0.57
Independent Doug MacLeod 220 0.45
Libertarian Ryan Swim 206 0.42
Go Vegan Paulo Figueiras 106 0.21
Special Needs Hilton Milan 78 0.16
Total valid votes 49,412 99.04
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 480 0.96
Turnout 49,892 56.63
Eligible voters 88,097
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Jessica Bell | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Riding Association". Ontario NDP. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Interim Official Opposition Leader Peter Tabuns names NDP deputy leaders, critics". Ontario NDP. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Jessica Bell's Twitter account".
  5. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.


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