Lee Fairclough (born June 2, 1973) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the

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. She represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the

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Career

A member of the

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from 1995 to 1998, she subsequently worked in health care management, and was appointed president of St. Mary's General Hospital in Kitchener in 2019. She stepped down from that job in 2022 to run in Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the

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,"Kitchener hospital president Lee Fairclough resigns post to run in provincial election"

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Kitchener-Waterloo, April 5, 2022. in which she was defeated by Christine Hogarth. She subsequently served as senior vice-president of clinical care at the

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until the 2025 election, when she defeated Hogarth.

Electoral record

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