Jess Dixon

Jess Dixon MPP is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. She represents the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.[1]

Jess Dixon
MPP
Dixon in 2024
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Kitchener South—Hespeler
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded byAmy Fee
Personal details
Political partyProgressive Conservative
ResidenceCambridge, Ontario

Jess is currently the Parliamentary Assistant to Charmaine Williams, the Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity. She is a member of Standing Committee on Justice Policy and standing Committee on Public Accounts.[2]

Before Politics

Dixon graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Philosophy and attended law school at the University of Ottawa. As a student, she worked in the Ministry of the Attorney General and then full-time as an Assistant Crown Attorney upon being called to the bar in 2014. After being called to the bar, she moved to Cambridge to work as a provincial Crown attorney in the Kitchener courthouse.[3][4]

Electoral Record
2022 Ontario general election: Kitchener South—Hespeler
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
Progressive ConservativeJess Dixon13,76839.91+1.05$72,110
New DemocraticJoanne Weston9,11826.43−10.62$57,359
LiberalIsmail Mohamed5,62916.32+1.41$40,062
GreenDavid Weber3,99311.58+4.05$18,207
New BlueJohn Teat1,4364.16 $3,952
Ontario PartyDavid Gillies5521.60 $182
Total valid votes/Expense limit 34,49699.23+0.76$115,430
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 2660.77-0.76
Turnout 34,76242.16-13.66
Eligible voters 81,506
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.83
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. "PC Jess Dixon wins in Kitchener South—Hespeler". Toronto Star. June 2, 2022. ISSN 0319-0781.
  2. "Jess Dixon | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. "Meet Jess Dixon". Jess Dixon, MPP. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. Fraser, Justine (May 4, 2022). "GETTING TO KNOW: Kitchener South-Hespeler Progressive Conservative candidate Jess Dixon". Cambridge Today. Retrieved 20 July 2022.


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