Jess Dixon
Canadian politician (born 1987)
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Jess Dixon MPP is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and former Crown attorney who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election and re-elected in February 2025.[1] She represents the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Jess Dixon | |
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Jess Dixon, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener South—Hespeler | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Kitchener South—Hespeler | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Amy Fee |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
Dixon previously worked as an assistant Crown attorney in Ontario for ten years before entering politics.[2] She has served in various legislative roles, including as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy and later to the Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity.[3]
Before Politics
Dixon was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and moved to Cambridge, Ontario, at age seven after her father accepted a job as an engineer with Babcock & Wilcox (now BWXT). Her mother, Ruth, is an operating room nurse.[4]
She earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the University of Guelph, with an informal minor in Middle Eastern history and philosophy. Dixon then completed her law degree at the University of Ottawa, graduating in 2013.[5]
During law school, she interned with the Ottawa Crown Attorney’s office and, after being called to the bar in 2014, returned to Cambridge to work as a provincial Crown attorney in the Kitchener courthouse.[6]
Throughout her legal career, Dixon worked with individuals facing challenges such as mental health issues and addiction. She cited these experiences and a desire to support systemic improvements in education, healthcare, and justice as her reason for entering politics.[7]
Electoral record
| 2025 Ontario general election: Kitchener South—Hespeler | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jess Dixon | 17,363 | 45.42 | +5.51 | $53,834 | |||
| Liberal | Ismail Mohamed | 9,830 | 25.72 | +9.40 | $23,785 | |||
| New Democratic | Jeff Donkersgoed | 6,841 | 17.90 | –8.53 | $17,992 | |||
| Green | Jessica Riley | 3,345 | 8.75 | –2.83 | $5,853 | |||
| New Blue | John Soule | 846 | 2.21 | –1.95 | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 38,225 | 99.34 | +0.11 | $140,907 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 253 | 0.66 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,478 | 44.22 | +2.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,011 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –2.13 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener South—Hespeler | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Jess Dixon | 13,768 | 39.91 | +1.05 | $72,110 | |||
| New Democratic | Joanne Weston | 9,118 | 26.43 | −10.62 | $57,359 | |||
| Liberal | Ismail Mohamed | 5,629 | 16.32 | +1.41 | $40,062 | |||
| Green | David Weber | 3,993 | 11.58 | +4.05 | $18,207 | |||
| New Blue | John Teat | 1,436 | 4.16 | $3,952 | ||||
| Ontario Party | David Gillies | 552 | 1.60 | $182 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 34,496 | 99.23 | +0.76 | $115,430 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 266 | 0.77 | -0.76 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,762 | 42.16 | -13.66 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,506 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +5.83 | ||||||
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