Faisal Ahmed Hassan[1] is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 until his defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election.[2] He represented the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Faisal Hassan | |
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| Critic, Youth Engagement | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – May 3, 2022 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for York South—Weston | |
| In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Preceded by | Laura Albanese |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Faisal Ahmed Hassan Somalia |
| Political party | Ontario New Democrat |
| Residence(s) | North York, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, author |
Hassan is originally from Somalia.[3] He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
For over 15 years, Hassan was active in housing issues in Toronto with Midaynta Community Services, the Toronto Community Hostel, and Woodgreen Housing.[4]
He was the NDP candidate in Etobicoke North in the 2015 federal election, and has worked as a constituency assistant to Paul Ferreira and Mike Sullivan.[3]
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, he has been advocating for a moratorium on COVID-19 evictions.
He was part of Ontario's first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues Laura Mae Lindo, Rima Berns-McGown, Jill Andrew and Kevin Yarde.[5]
Electoral record
edit| 2022 Ontario general election: York South—Weston | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Ford | 11,138 | 36.60 | +3.65 | $69,685 | |||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 10,342 | 33.98 | −2.09 | $97,063 | |||
| Liberal | Nadia Guerrera | 7,377 | 24.24 | −3.59 | $82,208 | |||
| Green | Ignacio Mongrell Gonzalez | 770 | 2.53 | −0.01 | $0 | |||
| New Blue | Tom Hipsz | 345 | 1.13 | $0 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Ana Gabriela Ortiz | 251 | 0.82 | $217 | ||||
| Independent | James Michael Fields | 209 | 0.69 | $632 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 30,432 | 99.12 | +0.31 | $112,794 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 271 | 0.88 | −0.31 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,703 | 38.11 | −11.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,336 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +2.87 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: York South—Weston | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 13,455 | 36.07 | -1.18 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mark DeMontis | 12,290 | 32.95 | +21.69 | ||||
| Liberal | Laura Albanese | 10,379 | 27.83 | -20.02 | ||||
| Green | Grad Murray | 946 | 2.54 | +0.10 | ||||
| Libertarian | Bonnie Hu | 228 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,298 | 98.81 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 449 | 1.19 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,747 | 49.17 | +3.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,772 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Etobicoke North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kirsty Duncan | 26,251 | 62.41 | +19.84 | $69,670.96 | |||
| Conservative | Toyin Dada | 9,673 | 23.00 | -8.96 | $60,237.66 | |||
| New Democratic | Faisal Hassan | 5,220 | 12.41 | -11.21 | $37,513.09 | |||
| Green | Akhtar Ayub | 524 | 1.25 | +1.08 | $1,558.16 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Anna Di Carlo | 232 | 0.55 | – | ||||
| No affiliation | George Szebik | 164 | 0.39 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,064 | 100.00 | $201,932.10 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 257 | 0.61 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 42,321 | 62.18 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,063 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +14.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Faisal Hassan wins seat for NDP in York South-Weston". Toronto Star. June 7, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Toronto: Faisal Hassan clinches NDP's nomination". Digital Journal, February 5, 2015.
- ^ Hassan, Faisal (July 18, 2021). "LinkedIn page".
- ^ "NDP establishes first official Black Caucus in Ontario History". Ontario New Democratic Party, April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits
External links
edit- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- Website: https://www.faisalhassan.ca/ Archived 2021-07-18 at the Wayback Machine