Christine C. G. Hogarth is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the

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first elected in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party until her defeat in the

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Early life and education

Hogarth has a bachelor of science degree in political science and public administration. She is the daughter of Marlene Hogarth and William Donald Hogarth, who served as a municipal councillor in

Shuniah Shuniah () is a municipal township bordering the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on the east. Shuniah was incorporated by an act of the Ontario legislature in 1873, and at that time included much of present-day Thunder Bay and its predecess ...

Career

Hogarth was chief of staff to

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when he headed the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. She was twice elected to the party executive and served as its first female executive director and held two elected positions on the party executive. Hogarth was policy adviser to

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when he was Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Minister of Natural Resources and Chair of Management Board of Cabinet. Hogarth also worked for two Ontario Premiers. She worked as the Director of Events for the

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and as a government relations manager with the

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. Within government, she was the Queen's Park staffer in Patrick Brown's office, an executive assistant to the Ward 4 Councillor John Campbell in

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district and former city within Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west end, Etobicoke is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the east by the Humber River (Ontario), Humber River, on the ...

, and from 2011 to 2014 chief of staff for the mayor of

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. In 2017 she declared her candidacy for the Etobicoke—Lakeshore seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, against the incumbent,

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. She received the endorsement of Patrick Brown, then-leader the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. On June 29, 2018, Hogarth was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a responsibility for the Housing portfolio. She was re-elected in the

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. She lost her seat in the 2025 Ontario general election.

Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogarth, Christine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian women politicians Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Women MPPs in Ontario People from Etobicoke Politicians from Toronto People from Thunder Bay District 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario