{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{about|the Canadian politician|the American musician |Jill Andrews}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jill Andrew | image = Jillandrewndp.png | caption = | honorific_suffix = | office1 = Critic, Women’s Social and Economic Opportunity, Culture, Heritage | term_start1 = July 13, 2022 | term_end1 = January 28, 2025 | leader1 = Marit Stiles | office2 = Critic, Culture and Women's Issues | term_start2 = August 23, 2018 | term_end2 = June 2, 2022 | leader2 = Andrea Horwath | parliament3 = Ontario Provincial | term_start3 = June 7, 2018 | term_end3 = January 28, 2025 | predecessor3 = Eric Hoskins | successor3 = Stephanie Smyth | riding3 = Toronto—St. Paul's | party = New Democratic | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Educator | partner = Aisha Fairclough | children = | education = {{unbulleted list|Humber College|York University|University of Toronto}} }}
'''Jill Andrew''' is a Canadian politician who represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until 2025 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).
== Education == Andrew attended Humber College, where she earned a child and youth worker diploma. She also holds a Bachelor of Education (BEd) from York University amongst her other undergraduate degrees, a master’s degree from the University of Toronto in women and gender studies, a PhD from the York University Faculty of Education.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jill Andrew |url=https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Jill Andrew |language=en |archive-date=2022-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401144922/https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Political career == Andrew ran as the NDP candidate in Toronto—St. Paul's in the 2018 provincial election and was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/jill-andrew-looks-set-to-capture-toronto-st-pauls-for-ndp.html "Jill Andrew captures Toronto-St. Paul’s for NDP"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142119/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/jill-andrew-looks-set-to-capture-toronto-st-pauls-for-ndp.html |date=2018-06-12 }}. ''Toronto Star'', June 8, 2018.</ref> She was the critic for culture and women's issues and was part of the Ontario NDP Black caucus, along with fellow MPPs Laura Mae Lindo, Faisal Hassan, Rima Berns-McGown and Kevin Yarde.<ref>[https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-establishes-first-official-black-caucus-ontario-history-0 "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History"]. Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.</ref> She is the first Black and Queer person to be elected to the Ontario Legislature.<ref name=":0" />
Andrew served as official opposition critic on a number of portfolios, including women's issues, culture and heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jill Andrew {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/jill-andrew |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=www.ola.org |date=7 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627173815/https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/jill-andrew |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrew has passed several pieces of legislation, including Bill 61 which proclaims the week beginning February 1 in each year as Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Bill 61 received Royal Assent in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MPP Jill Andrew marks first Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Ontario history |url=https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/mpp-jill-andrew-marks-first-eating-disorders-awareness-week-ontario-history |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Ontario NDP |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610103446/https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/mpp-jill-andrew-marks-first-eating-disorders-awareness-week-ontario-history |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eating Disorders Awareness Week Act, 2020 |url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-61 |access-date=2022-06-27 |website=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627175356/https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-42/session-1/bill-61 |url-status=live }}</ref>
As of August 11, 2024, Andrew served as the Official Opposition critic for Women's Social and Economic Opportunity as well as for Culture and Heritage. She was defeated in the 2025 Ontario general election by Liberal candidate Stephanie Smyth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Tyreike |date=2025-02-28 |title='A loss for the NDP and the province,' Jill Andrew loses Toronto seat in Ontario election, Liberals pick up the win |url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/jill-andrew-loses-toronto-seat-in-ontario-election-liberals-pick-up-the-win/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=NOW Toronto |language=en-CA}}</ref>
==Personal life== Andrew identifies as queer.<ref>[https://torontoist.com/2016/06/these-seven-torontonians-explain-what-it-means-to-be-queer/ "These Seven Torontonians Explain What It Means to be Queer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809195011/https://torontoist.com/2016/06/these-seven-torontonians-explain-what-it-means-to-be-queer/ |date=2022-08-09 }}. ''Torontoist'', June 20, 2016.</ref> Andrew and her partner Aisha Fairclough, a television producer and diversity consultant, are members of the community consortium that own Glad Day Bookshop, an LGBT bookstore in Toronto's Church and Wellesley gay village.<ref>"Of confidence and curves: a Toronto couple campaigns for body positivity". ''Curve'', April 1, 2017.</ref> Andrew cofounded the group Body Confidence Canada.<ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/4106084/jill-andrew-body-confidence-canada/ "‘It was a trifecta of hate’: Body image activist recalls moment she was accosted by a man over her weight, race"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610155341/https://globalnews.ca/news/4106084/jill-andrew-body-confidence-canada/ |date=2018-06-10 }}. Global News, April 9, 2018.</ref>
==Electoral record== {{2025 Ontario general election/Toronto—St. Paul's}} {{2022 Ontario general election/Toronto—St. Paul's}}
{{CANelec/top|ON|2018|Toronto—St. Paul's (provincial electoral district)|Toronto—St. Paul's|percent=yes|change=yes|prelim=no}} {{CANelec|ON|NDP|Jill Andrew|18,843|35.96|+25.75}} {{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Jess Spindler|17,498|33.39|-26.26}} {{CANelec|ON|PC|Andrew Kirsch|13,780|26.30|+2.41}} {{CANelec|ON|Green|Teresa Pun|1,690|3.23|-1.85}} {{CANelec|ON|Libertarian|Jekiah U. Dunavant|448|0.85|-0.03}} {{CANelec|ON|Moderate|Marina Doshchitsina|143|0.27|+0.27}} {{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|52,402|98.97}} {{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots|547|1.03|}} {{CANelec/total|Turnout|52,949|63.63|}} {{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|83,206}} {{CANelec/gain|ON|NDP|Liberal|+26.00}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|title=Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate|page=11|publisher=Elections Ontario |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228175029/https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2018/results/officialresults-yellowbook/votescastbycandidate/pdf/Valid%20Votes%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate%20-%202018%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf|archive-date=December 28, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>}} {{end}}
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==External links== * [https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401144922/https://www.jillandrewmpp.ca/ |date=2022-04-01 }} * [https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/jill-andrew Parliamentary history]
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