Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Dawn Gallagher Murphy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Newmarket-Aurora as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1]

Dawn Gallagher Murphy
MPP
Murphy in 2024
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Newmarket—Aurora
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byChristine Elliott
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Political career

Dawn Gallagher Murphy racked up the largest singular expense of anyone in the Ontario provincial legislature in the last quarter of 2022. Gallagher Murphy expensed $11,160 for a barbecue in October 2022.[2]

On May 11, 2023 Dawn Gallagher Murphy voted against Bill 100, Strengthening Members' Integrity Act - An Act to amend the Members’ Integrity Act, 1994 with respect to fees, gifts and personal benefits.[3]

Electoral history
2022 Ontario general election: Newmarket—Aurora
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDawn Gallagher Murphy18,67144.97−2.74
LiberalSylvain Roy13,06931.47+8.71
New DemocraticDenis Heng5,28112.72−11.13
GreenCarolina Rodriguez2,3325.62+2.04
New BlueIwona Czarnecka1,5203.66 
Ontario PartyKrista Mckenzie5321.28 
ModerateYuri Duboisky1180.28+0.17
Total valid votes 41,523100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 220
Turnout 41,74344.42
Eligible voters 93,342
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −5.73
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

References
  1. "VOTE 2022: 'Dawn of a new day': Newmarket-Aurora stays blue with new candidate Dawn Gallagher Murphy". Toronto Star. June 2, 2022. ISSN 0319-0781.
  2. "Newmarket-Aurora MPP's $11K barbecue top expense of all MPPs". Newmarket Today. 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  3. "Bill 100, Strengthening Members' Integrity Act, 2023". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2023-04-11.


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