Christine Elliot - MPP for Whitby-Oshawa (September 11th, 2014)

Almighty and eternal God, You know the longings of the human heart. In Your goodness, watch over those in authority. Today, I pray for Conservative Party Member, Christine Elliott, MPP (Whitby – Oshawa) who in Your favour, and the Public’s wish, was returned to the Province’s 41st Parliament. I pray that Your hand will continue to guide Christine’s life and bless her work in her respective roles as: Member, Standing Committee on Social Policy, Deputy Leader, Official Opposition Critic, and Health and Long-Term Care. Give her the ability to discern what is of real value, and insure that even in the midst of her busy schedule she and her family will always find time to be together. In Jesus name, Amen.

BIOGRAPHY

Christine Elliott entered politics when she won the March 2006 by-election for the riding of Whitby-Ajax, and was re-elected in 2007 for the riding of Whitby-Oshawa.  Christine is currently Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and Critic for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Mental Health Reform.

Prior to entering politics, Christine was a founding member and partner of Flaherty Dow Elliott & McCarthy, with offices in Whitby, Toronto and Ottawa, where she practised real estate, corporate and estate law. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, she was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980.

Active in her community, Christine is widely known for her commitment to the rights of people with special needs, a role she relishes and for which she has won numerous awards. In 2005, she received Whitby’s Peter Perry Award, an annual recognition of Whitby’s outstanding citizen. Prior to that she became a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow, their highest award, in recognition of her pro bono legal work.

Christine is the co-founder and Director of the Abilities Centre, a multi-purpose sports, recreation and performing arts facility for people with special needs, which opened in June 2012. She is also a Past Director and Chair of Grandview Children’s Centre and a Past Director of the Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation. She has served as a Director and Board President of Durham Mental Health Services (DMHS) and was recognized when it named one of their group homes in her honour (Elliott House). She is a Director of Legacy Private Trust and has been a Director of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Christine lives in Whitby with her sons John, Galen and Quinn.

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