Jess Dixon MPP is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and former Crown attorney who was elected to the

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in the 2022 provincial election and re-elected in February 2025. She represents the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler as a member of the

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. Dixon previously worked as an assistant Crown attorney in Ontario for ten years before entering politics. She has served in various legislative roles, including as the

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to the Minister of Energy and later to the Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity.

Before Politics

Dixon was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and moved to Cambridge, Ontario, at age seven after her father accepted a job as an engineer with Babcock & Wilcox (now BWXT). Her mother, Ruth, is an operating room nurse. She earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy from the

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, with an informal minor in Middle Eastern history and philosophy. Dixon then completed her law degree at the

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, graduating in 2013. During law school, she interned with the Ottawa Crown Attorney’s office and, after being called to the bar in 2014, returned to Cambridge to work as a provincial Crown attorney in the Kitchener courthouse. Throughout her legal career, Dixon worked with individuals facing challenges such as mental health issues and addiction. She cited these experiences and a desire to support systemic improvements in education, healthcare, and justice as her reason for entering politics.

Electoral record

References

Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 21st-century Canadian women politicians Women MPPs in Ontario Politicians from Cambridge, Ontario 1987 births 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub