Christine Elliott

Christine Elliott KC
Elliott in October 2014
11th Deputy Premier of Ontario
In office June 29, 2018 – June 24, 2022
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Deb Matthews
Succeeded by	Sylvia Jones
Minister of Health
In office June 20, 2019 – June 24, 2022
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Herself[a]
Succeeded by	Sylvia Jones
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
In office June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Helena Jaczek
Succeeded by	Herself[b] Merrilee Fullerton[c] Michael Tibollo[d]
1st Patient Ombudsman of Ontario
In office July 1, 2016 – February 1, 2018
Minister	Eric Hoskins
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Craig Thompson
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded by	Chris Ballard
Succeeded by	Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Constituency	Newmarket—Aurora
In office October 10, 2007 – August 28, 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Lorne Coe
Constituency	Whitby—Oshawa
In office March 30, 2006 – October 10, 2007
Preceded by	Jim Flaherty
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Whitby—Ajax
Personal details
Born	Christine Janice Elliott (1955-04-13) April 13, 1955 (age 69) Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Jim Flaherty ​ ​ (m. 1986; died 2014)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario
Occupation	Lawyer

Christine Janice Elliott KC (born April 13, 1955) is a retired Canadian politician in Ontario who served as the 11th deputy premier of Ontario and the Ontario minister of health from 2018 to 2022.

Elliott was elected to represent the riding of Newmarket—Aurora in the 2018 Ontario general election. She is the widow of former Canadian Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty under former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2006–2014). Eliott served as Ontario PC Party Deputy Leader from 2009 to 2015 under Tim Hudak. She was the runner-up in both the 2015 and 2018 PC party leadership races and placed third in the 2009 race.

She was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2015. She represented the ridings of Whitby—Ajax and Whitby—Oshawa, east of Toronto. Elliott was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank Klees. She was appointed as the party's deputy leader in 2009. She was a candidate for 2015 leadership election but lost to former federal MP Patrick Brown. Following her second loss, Elliott resigned her seat in the legislature and was appointed as Ontario's first Patient Ombudsman by then-Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Eric Hoskins, serving until she stepped down to make her third bid for the Ontario PC Party leadership. In that contest, Elliott won the most votes and ridings but lost the contest to Doug Ford. She then received the nomination to run for the riding of Newmarket-Aurora and was elected on June 7, 2018, as the PC Party won the election. She did not stand in the 2022 Ontario general election.
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