MPP Wayne Gates, Niagara Falls

Heavenly Father; Thank you for Mr. Wayne Gates – a man devoted to his family and to his community. Thank you for his servant heart, his courage and his strength to continue to promote and stand for what is right and fair for the people living in the Niagara Region. Please give him the wisdom he needs to think clearly and make sound decisions. We pray for your protection and guidance over his and his family’s life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Wayne Gates is a longtime resident of and advocate for the Niagara Region. In his past roles as a City Councillor and local union president, Wayne has worked tirelessly to create and keep local jobs by promoting a Buy Ontario policy. He will continue to be a relentless fighter at Queen’s Park for long-term solutions at the Fort Erie Race Track and to bring daily, year-round GO service to the region.

Wayne and his wife, Rita, live in Niagara Falls. They are the proud parents of three daughters and grandparents to five grandchildren. They all make their home in the Niagara Region.

MPP Jennifer French, Oshawa

Father, we thank you today for Jennifer French MPP for Oshawa. Thank you for her joy and for her passion, especially for education. Enable her to represent her constituents well and give her wisdom and divine strategies as she advocates for them. Give her courage as she takes her place in the legislature and the places of influence you have opened to her.  Father God we speak peace and your abundant love over her today in Jesus Name.

Jennifer French is the MPP representing Oshawa, elected in 2014. She was a dedicated educator, with over ten years’ experience teaching in Ontario and abroad.  As a committed advocate for workers’ rights, Jennifer is member of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) in Durham, the Ontario Federation of Labour, and the Durham Region Labour Council. Jennifer is a leader who delivers. In her role with her ETFO local team, she organized the far-reaching campaign against Bill 115 and coordinated with groups across the province to have the legislation repealed.

Jennifer actively gives back to her community as a member of the ‘We Are Oshawa’ community group, and is invested in community theatre and the arts. Through these initiatives, Jennifer makes a difference in community issues, including wage issues, 
fairness concerns, and protecting the Oshawa waterfront. After travelling extensively, Jennifer has made Oshawa her home for the past eight years.

MPP John Fraser, Ottawa South

Dear God, thank you for John Fraser and his contribution to the legislature and people of Ottawa South. We pray he would continue to contribute wisdom and experience in this term of service. We ask that his leadership as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long Term Care would empower and inspire the people around him. Give him good health and meaningful life experiences now and throughout 2018. Amen.

John Fraser is a life-long resident of Ottawa South, born and raised in Elmvale Acres and Alta Vista, John attended school here, began his career here and raised his family here.

For the last 14 years, John has served alongside Dalton McGuinty in Ottawa South, working to bring community-based solutions to the issues of importance to the people that live and work here. Among these are the expansion of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, the redevelopment of St. Patrick’s Home, programming for children’s mental health and youth addiction and the expansion of our community centres and programs.

Deeply committed to the community he has called home for over 50 years, John has been an active volunteer in a number of local organizations and initiatives. He spearheaded the Our Children, Our Hospital campaign to save the Cardiac Care Unit at CHEO and organized a fundraiser which raised $20,000 for the Heron Road Emergency Food Bank. For a number of years, he served as a palliative care volunteer at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital and as a coach to the Canterbury Mustangs Football Team.

John is married to his high school sweetheart, Linda, also a lifelong resident of Ottawa South and they have three grown children, Kïrsten, John Jr. and James.