# Joyce Savoline

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**Joyce Savoline** (born c. 1946) is a former politician in [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. She was a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) member of the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) representing the [riding](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Burlington](/source/Burlington_(federal_electoral_district)) from 2007 to 2011.

## Background

Savoline was born in [Shanghai, China](/source/Shanghai,_China) and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1953.[1] She and her husband moved to [Burlington, Ontario](/source/Burlington,_Ontario) in 1973. Savoline Boulevard in Milton, Ontario is named after the former Chair of Halton Region.

## Politics

Savoline served as [chair](/source/Regional_Chair_(Ontario)) of the [Regional Municipality of Halton](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Halton,_Ontario) from her original appointment in 1994 until her retirement in 2006. In 2000, as a result of changes to the Ontario *[Municipal Act](/source/Municipal_Act)*, she became the first person to be directly elected to that position by the voters of Halton. She was reelected in 2003.[citation needed]

Following her departure from municipal office, Savoline sought the Progressive Conservative nomination to replace [Cam Jackson](/source/Cam_Jackson) as [Member of Provincial Parliament](/source/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario)) from Burlington, after Jackson resigned to run for mayor. At the local party's nomination meeting on 14 December 2006, she narrowly defeated former [Miss Canada](/source/Miss_Canada) [Blair Lancaster](/source/Blair_Lancaster), 251 votes to 205. Brad Reaume, a former journalist and assistant to [Halton](/source/Halton_(federal_electoral_district)) MPP [Ted Chudleigh](/source/Ted_Chudleigh), was also a candidate.[2]

In the ensuing by-election, Savoline faced several opponents, but her closest competition was [Liberal](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party) candidate Joan Lougheed, a former long-time [Burlington city councillor](/source/Burlington_City_Council) who had narrowly lost to Jackson in the Burlington mayoral race the previous fall. She defeated Lougheed with 11,143 votes (49%) to her 9,365 (41.2%) according to unofficial election night tallies.[3]

Savoline was re-elected in the [2007 Ontario provincial election](/source/2007_Ontario_general_election) defeating Liberal candidate Marianne Meed Ward by a narrower margin of 21,517 votes (41.3%) to 19,693 votes (37.8%).[4] She did not contest the riding in 2011.[5]

## References

1. ["Seasoned politician eyes MPP's chair"](http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/2963458-seasoned-politician-eyes-mpp-s-chair/). *Burlington Post*. 31 January 2007.

1. Misner, Jason (17 December 2006). "Savoline gets nod to represent Conservatives in 2007 by-election". *Burlington Post*

1. Misner, Jason (9 February 2007). "Savoline preserves Tory rule". *Burlington Post*

1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf). Elections Ontario. 10 October 2007. p. 2 (xi). Archived from [the original](http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf) on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

1. Ferguson, Rob (21 February 2011). ["Burlington MPP Joyce Savoline won't seek re-election"](https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2011/02/21/burlington_mpp_joyce_savoline_wont_seek_reelection.html). *Toronto Star*

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