Elizabeth Roy
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Elizabeth Roy | |
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| Mayor of Whitby | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Don Mitchell |
| Durham Regional Councillor | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Don Mitchell (continued as mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Maleeha Shahid (regional councillor seat) |
| Constituency | Whitby |
| Whitby Town Councillor | |
| In office December 1, 2006 – December 1, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mark J. McKinnon |
| Succeeded by | Chris Leahy |
| Constituency | West Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Ontario Liberal |
| Children | 3[1] |
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Elizabeth J. Roy (born c. 1966)[2] is a Canadian politician. She has served as mayor of Whitby since 2022. As mayor, she also sits on Durham Regional Council.
Roy was born to a family of five, and served as student council president at her high school. She moved to Whitby in 1993.[3] Prior to becoming mayor, Roy worked as a medical radiation therapist at the Princess Margaret Hospital from 1988 to 2005 and then at the Durham Regional Cancer Centre.[4] She served as a trustee on the Durham District School Board from 1997 to 2006.[5] She was first elected to Whitby Town Council in the 2006 municipal elections, representing the town's West Ward. She replaced Mark McMcKinnon who did not run for re-election.[6] She was re-elected to that position in 2010.
Provincial politics
In the 2011 Ontario general election, Roy ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in Whitby—Oshawa, losing to incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Christine Elliott by close to 7,500 votes. When Elliot resigned her seat in 2015, Roy ran in the subsequent by-election held the following year. She was the only candidate to put their name up for the Liberal nomination.[7] She ran on a platform of new and modern infrastructure, better classrooms and better quality health care facilities.[4] Despite an endorsement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who visited the riding to help her out,[8] she ended up losing by over 8,000 votes to fellow councillor Lorne Coe who was running for the conservatives. The sale of Hydro One by the provincial Liberal government and the state of health care in the province were the main issues of the campaign.[9]