Charmaine Williams
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Charmaine Williams | |
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 Williams in 2024 | |
| Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity of Ontario | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Jill Dunlop |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sara Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Website | charmainewilliamsmpp |
Charmaine Williams ECO MPP is a Canadian politician currently serving as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity.[1] She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election, representing the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Williams ran for the vacant Ward 7 & 8 city council seat in the 2018 municipal election. During the campaign, Williams supported a gun amnesty buyback program and supported a municipal by-law banning the sale of marijuana within 500 meters of schools.[2][3]
On October 22, 2018, Williams was elected receiving 25.76% of the vote in a 9 person race.[4] With her victory, Williams became the first black woman ever elected to Brampton City Council.[5]
On May 31, 2022, during the Ontario provincial election in which Williams was a candidate, Brampton City Council passed a motion to pre-emptively appoint former city councillor Elaine Moore as William's replacement if she were to resign. The motion passed 6–5 with Williams being one of the 6 votes in favor.[6] A court later ruled that the pre-emptive appointment violated the Municipal Act.[7]
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