Daiene Vernile
Canadian politician
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Daiene G. Vernile[1] ECO (born July 1, 1960) is a former Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Kitchener Centre. She was a member of cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Daiene Vernile | |
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Vernile speaking at the All Candidates Event, 2018 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre | |
| In office June 12, 2014 – June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Milloy |
| Succeeded by | Laura Mae Lindo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 1, 1960 |
| Party | Ontario Liberal |
| Spouse | John Matlock |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Television journalist |
Background
Prior to her election to the legislature, Vernile was a television journalist for CKCO-TV. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her husband John. They have three children.[2]
Politics
She ran in the 2014 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Kitchener Centre. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate and former MPP Wayne Wettlaufer by 6,913 votes.[3][4][5]
In June 2014, she was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Research and Innovation.
On January 17, 2018, Vernile was sworn into cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.[6]
She was defeated by NDP candidate Laura Mae Lindo in the 2018 provincial election.
Cabinet positions
Electoral record
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Laura Mae Lindo | 20,512 | 43.38 | +20.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Henein Thorn | 13,080 | 27.66 | +0.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 9,499 | 20.09 | -23.05 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 3,234 | 6.84 | +1.07 | ||||
| Libertarian | Jason Erb | 439 | 0.93 | -0.37 | ||||
| None of the Above | Chris Carr | 429 | 0.91 | |||||
| Communist | Marty Suter | 87 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 47,280 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 18,472 | 43.14 | +3.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 11,550 | 26.98 | -11.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Margaret Johnston | 9,765 | 22.81 | +3.99 | ||||
| Green | Ronnie Smith | 2,472 | 5.77 | +3.38 | ||||
| Libertarian | Patrick Bernier | 557 | 1.30 | +0.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,816 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||