Linda Jeffrey
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Her Worship Linda Jeffery |
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| 50th Mayor of Brampton | |
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Assumed office December 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Susan Fennell |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 2007–2014 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Harinder Malhi |
| Constituency | Brampton-Springdale |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Spina |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Brampton Centre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 58–59) Cork, Ireland |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | John Jeffrey |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Brampton, Ontario |
Linda Jeffrey (born c. 1958) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. In 2014, she was elected as Mayor of Brampton. From 2003 to 2014 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Brampton Centre and Brampton—Springdale. She served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. On March 25, 2014, she resigned from the legislature to run for Mayor of Brampton, which she won on October 27, 2014.
Jeffrey was born in Cork, Ireland, and moved to Brampton in 1983. She and her husband, John, have three sons.
She was elected as a city councillor for Brampton's Ward 2 in 1991, and helped to negotiate the sale of Brampton Hydro toward the end of the decade (in addition to representing Brampton on the provincial Hydro One Board of Directors). Jeffrey also chaired the city's Budget Committee, and increased public access to the city's budget review process during her time as a councillor. She served as Acting Mayor of Brampton in May 2001, making at least one official appearance with the title.
In 2002, during the Leadership Convention, the Progressive Conservatives party approached Linda Jeffrey to be their Returning Officer in Brampton for the Leadership Convention as they wanted someone who would be independent. In order to be a Returning Officer, she had to be a member of the party so joined the PC party in 2002. Jeffrey joined the Liberals in 2003 after being recruited by Greg Sorbara to run in the provincial election of 2003. She defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Joe Spina by 1,005 votes in Brampton Centre. The Liberals won the election and she initially served as a backbench supporter of Premier Dalton McGuinty. She was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Brampton-Springdale in 2007 and 2011.
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