Donna Skelly

Donna Skelly is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the riding of Flamborough—Glanbrook as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Prior to her election in the legislature, she was a city councillor for Ward 7 for Hamilton, Ontario City Council, and before that she was a television news anchor at CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario.

Donna Skelly MPP
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade (Job Creation and Trade)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 26, 2019
Minister	Vic Fedeli
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Flamborough—Glanbrook
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Riding Established
Hamilton City Councillor
In office March 22, 2016 – June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Scott Duvall
Succeeded by	Esther Pauls
Personal details
Born	October 23, 1961 Sudbury, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Residence	Hamilton, Ontario
Occupation	Journalist

Election results

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Skelly	22,454	43.53	+8.06
	New Democratic	Melissa McGlashan	17,630	34.17	+11.51
	Liberal	Judi Partridge	7,967	15.44	-20.14
	Green	Janet Errygers	2,307	4.47	-0.07
	Libertarian	Glenn Langton	541	1.05
	None of the Above	Rudy Miller	451	0.87
	Trillium	Roman Sarachman	238	0.46
Total valid votes			51,588	98.98
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			531	1.02
Turnout			52,119
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	24,042	44.56	+0.86
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Skelly	18,252	33.83	-0.75
	New Democratic	Alex Johnstone	8,415	15.60	-1.60
	Green	Raymond Dartsch	2,639	4.89	+1.91
	Libertarian	Glenn Langton	423	0.78	+0.26
	Freedom	Barry Spruce	188	0.35	+0.15
Total valid votes			53,959	100.0	+8.57
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			835	1.52
Turnout			54,794	59.02
Eligible voters			92,833
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.80
Source(s) "Official return from the records – 003, Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	21,648	43.70	+2.19
	Progressive Conservative	Donna Skelly	17,132	34.58	-0.25
	New Democratic	Trevor Westerhoff	8,521	17.20	+3.97
	Green	Erik Coverdale	1,477	2.98	-5.60
	Family Coalition	Robert Maton	321	0.65	-0.36
	Libertarian	Glenn Langton	258	0.52	+0.39
	Freedom	Peter Melanson	99	0.20
	Communist	Rick Gunderman Smith	87	0.18
Total valid votes			49,543	100.0	+0.20
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			180	0.36
Turnout			49,723	56.45
Eligible voters			88,080
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.22
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

References

1. "Skelly takes Flamborough-Glanbrook, while NDP sweep rest of Hamilton". CBC News. June 7, 2018.
2. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.