Jill Dunlop

The Honourable
Jill Dunlop
ECO MPP
The Honourable Jill Dunlop ECO MPP
	Dunlop in 2019
Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Position established
Minister of Education
	In office; August 16, 2024 – March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Todd Smith
Succeeded by	Paul Calandra
Minister of Colleges and Universities
	In office; June 18, 2021 – August 16, 2024
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Ross Romano
Succeeded by	Nolan Quinn
Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues
	In office; June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Lisa MacLeod
Succeeded by	Jane McKenna
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament; for Simcoe North
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Patrick Brown
Personal details
Born	February 7, 1975 (age 51)
Party	Progressive Conservative
Parents	Garfield Dunlop (father); Jane Dunlop (mother);
Occupation	Post secondary administrator

Preceded byPosition established

Preceded byTodd Smith

Jill Dunlop ECO MPP is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of emergency preparedness and response since 2025. Dunlop has represented the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2018 as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Simcoe North. She was previously the province's associate minister of children and women's issues from 2019 to 2021, minister of colleges and universities from 2021 to 2024 and minister of education from 2024 to 2025.

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	24,849	51.38	+1.58
	Liberal	Walter Alvarez-Bardales	13,328	27.56	+10.12
	New Democratic	Jordi Malcolm	4,813	9.95	–7.79
	Green	Chris Carr	3,214	6.65	–2.15
	New Blue	Dave Brunelle	1,582	3.27	+0.16
	Libertarian	William Joslin	579	1.20	+0.51
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,365	99.21	–0.30
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			387	0.79	+0.30
Turnout			48,752	46.57	+0.33
Eligible voters			104,695
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–4.27
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	23,041	49.80	+2.89
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	8,208	17.74	−10.29
	Liberal	Aaron Cayden Hiltz	8,070	17.44	−0.26
	Green	Krystal Brooks	4,071	8.80	+2.05
	New Blue	Mark Douris	1,438	3.11
	Ontario Party	Aaron MacDonald	1,119	2.42
	Libertarian	William Joslin	318	0.69	+0.09
Total valid votes			46,265	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			228
Turnout			46,493	46.24
Eligible voters			101,053
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.59
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

2018 Ontario general election: Simcoe North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jill Dunlop	25,236	46.92	+2.98
	New Democratic	Elizabeth Van Houtte	15,078	28.03	+12.48
	Liberal	Gerry Marshall	9,523	17.70	-14.82
	Green	Valerie Powell	3,632	6.75	-1.24
	Libertarian	Cynthia Sneath	320	0.59
Total valid votes			53,789	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		-8.97
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Ontario Doug Ford (2018–present)
Current ministers	Doug Ford Peter Bethlenfalvy Paul Calandra Raymond Cho Stan Cho Stephen Crawford Doug Downey Jill Dunlop Vic Fedeli Rob Flack Zee Hamid Mike Harris Jr. Kevin Holland Sylvia Jones Trevor Jones Michael Kerzner Andrea Khanjin Natalia Kusendova-Bashta Stephen Lecce Neil Lumsden Todd McCarthy Graham McGregor Caroline Mulroney Sam Oosterhoff Michael Parsa David Piccini George Pirie Nolan Quinn Greg Rickford Prabmeet Sarkaria Graydon Smith Kinga Surma Nina Tangri Vijay Thanigasalam Lisa Thompson Michael Tibollo Charmaine Williams
Former ministers	Steve Clark Christine Elliott Michael Ford Merrilee Fullerton Parm Gill Ernie Hardeman Lisa MacLeod Jane McKenna Monte McNaughton Rod Phillips Kaleed Rasheed Ross Romano Laurie Scott Todd Smith Bill Walker Jim Wilson John Yakabuski Jeff Yurek

Political career

The Honourable Jill Dunlop ECO MPP
Dunlop in 2019

Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response
Incumbent
Assumed office March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Position established
Minister of Education
In office August 16, 2024 – March 19, 2025
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Todd Smith
Succeeded by	Paul Calandra
Minister of Colleges and Universities
In office June 18, 2021 – August 16, 2024
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Ross Romano
Succeeded by	Nolan Quinn
Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Lisa MacLeod^[a]
Succeeded by	Jane McKenna
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Simcoe North
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Patrick Brown

Personal details
Born	(1975-02-07) February 7, 1975 (age 51)
Party	Progressive Conservative
Parents	Garfield Dunlop (father) Jane Dunlop (mother)
Occupation	Post secondary administrator