Marit Stiles

Marit Stiles is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 Ontario general election. She represents the riding of Davenport as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. She is the Official Opposition Education Critic.

Marit Stiles MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Davenport
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Cristina Martins
President of the New Democratic Party
In office April 9, 2016 – February 18, 2018
Preceded by	Rebecca Blaikie
Succeeded by	Mathieu Vick
Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 9) Davenport
In office December 1, 2014 – June, 2018
Personal details
Born	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political party	Ontario New Democrat
Other political affiliations	New Democrat (federal)
Residence	Toronto, Ontario
Occupation	Non-profit director

Stiles was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, growing up in the communities of Long Pond and Logy Bay. She has lived in downtown, west-end Toronto — predominately in the riding of Davenport — for more than 25 years, with her partner and their two daughters.

Before her election as trustee in 2014, Stiles was the national director of research, public policy and communications for ACTRA, working to strengthen Canada's cultural sector. Previously, she worked as a health and social policy researcher and was coordinator of public dialogue for Canadian Policy Research Networks.

Political career

Stiles served as a trustee for the Toronto District School Board from 2014 until 2018,[1] and as president of the federal New Democratic Party from 2016 to 2018.[2]

She won the riding of Davenport in 2018, defeating Liberal incumbent Cristina Martins.[3] Stiles received 27,603 votes and won by 19,051 votes.[4]

Election record

2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Marit Stiles	27,613	60.27	+20.12
	Liberal	Cristina Martins	8,558	18.68	-26.93
	Progressive Conservative	Federico Sanchez	7,370	16.09	+8.62
	Green	Kirsten Snider	1,624	3.54	-1.46
	Libertarian	Nunzino Venuto	210	0.46	-0.24
	Communist	Dave McKee	152	0.33	-0.15
	Freedom	Franz Cauchi	127	0.28	-0.03
	The People	Troy Young	96	0.21	-0.10
	Independent	Chai Kalevar	69	0.15	N/A
Turnout			45,819	58.43	+8.83
Eligible voters			78,414
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+23.53
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

References

1. "TDSB trustees petition ministry over policy change to access existing repair funds". CityNews, November 2, 2017.
2. "NDP president predicts multiple ballots in leadership showdown". CTV News, September 30, 2017.
3. Gupta, Rahul (June 7, 2018). "NDP's Marit Stiles takes Davenport from the Liberals". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
4. "Election Night Results /Résultats du soir de l'élection". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
5. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved 16 January 2019.