Chris Glover
Canadian politician (born 1961)
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Christopher Charles Glover (born September 4, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.
Chris Glover | |
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| Critic, Sport, Technology, Innovation and Democratic Reform | |
| Assumed office April 8, 2025 | |
| Leader | Marit Stiles |
| Critic, Democratic Reform | |
| In office March 29, 2023 – February 27, 2025 | |
| Leader | Marit Stiles |
| Critic, Small Business | |
| In office July 13, 2022 – March 29, 2023 | |
| Leader | Peter Tabuns (interim) and Marit Stiles |
| Critic, Technology, Development, and Innovation | |
| In office February 1, 2021 – February 27, 2025 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath, Peter Tabuns (interim), and Marit Stiles |
| Critic, Colleges and Universities | |
| In office August 23, 2018 – February 1, 2021 | |
| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| Member of Parliament for Spadina—Fort York | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Han Dong (Trinity-Spadina) |
| Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 2) Etobicoke Centre | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel MacLean |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 4, 1961 |
| Party | New Democratic |
| Occupation | Professor |
Prior to his election to the legislature, Glover was an adjunct professor in social sciences at York University and twice-elected trustee with the Toronto District School Board for Etobicoke-Centre. He earned a doctorate in education from the University of Toronto the same year he became a legislator.[2]
On August 23, 2018, Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath named Glover to serve as Critic for Colleges and Universities. As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Technology, Development and Innovation, and Democratic Reform.
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 20,441 | 45.00 | –1.06 | $118,413 | |||
| Liberal | April Engelberg | 14,331 | 31.55 | +3.60 | $66,757 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Omar Farhat | 9,139 | 20.12 | +1.75 | $6,156 | |||
| Green | Patrick Macklem | 1,220 | 2.69 | –2.93 | $6,858 | |||
| None of the Above | Ron Shaw | 293 | 0.65 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,424 | 99.14 | –0.19 | $175,818 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 392 | 0.86 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,816 | 43.31 | +8.96 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 105,786 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –2.33 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 15,595 | 46.06 | −3.56 | $135,213 | |||
| Liberal | Chi Nguyen | 9,463 | 27.95 | +4.28 | $81,726 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Husain Neemuchwala | 6,221 | 18.37 | −3.41 | $14,178 | |||
| Green | Cara Des Granges | 1,902 | 5.62 | +1.97 | $1,233 | |||
| New Blue | Angela Asher | 581 | 1.72 | $5,875 | ||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Jan Osko | 95 | 0.28 | +0.11 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,857 | 99.32 | +0.15 | $139,048 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 230 | 0.68 | -0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,087 | 34.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 99,325 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | −3.92 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Glover | 24,677 | 49.62 | +22.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Han Dong | 11,770 | 23.67 | -24.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Iris Yu | 10,834 | 21.79 | +3.33 | ||||
| Green | Rita Bilerman | 1,815 | 3.65 | -2.33 | ||||
| Libertarian | Erik Malmholt | 278 | 0.56 | |||||
| None of the Above | Adam Nobody | 271 | 0.54 | |||||
| Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda | Queenie Yu | 86 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,731 | 99.17 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 415 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,146 | 53.56 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,622 | |||||||
| New Democratic pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 2014 Toronto District School Board Trustee election: Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre)[5] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Chris Glover | 11,665 | 44.40 |
| Elizabeth McKinlay | 7,653 | 29.13 |
| Stephen Thiele | 6,371 | 24.25 |
| Suban Abdullahi | 1,582 | 6.02 |
| 2010 Toronto District School Board Trustee election: Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre)[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Chris Glover | 9,881 | 42.79 |
| Wayne Chen | 3,992 | 17.29 |
| Stephen Thiele | 3,741 | 16.20 |
| Kaydee Richmond | 1,640 | 7.10 |
| John Kapralos | 1,443 | 6.25 |
| Maya Worsoff | 1,124 | 4.87 |
| Ron Jaicarran | 734 | 3.18 |
| Husein Kirefu | 538 | 2.33 |
