Monique Taylor (born June 28, 1972) is a Canadian politician in

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, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the

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who represented the riding of

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. She was an MPP from 2011 to 2025.

Background

Taylor was born in the east end of Hamilton and grew up in the city. She has worked as a waitress and most recently as an administrative assistant to Hamilton

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Scott Duvall.

Politics

In 2011, she ran as the New Democrat candidate in the riding of

. She beat Liberal incumbent Sophia Aggelonitis by 5,798 votes. She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Javid Mirza by 8,483 votes. In 2012, she introduced a

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that would have extended Ontario ombudsman's oversight to Children Aid Societies. The bill made it to second reading but the bill died when Premier

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prorogued the house in September 2012. She is the NDP's critic for children and youth services, and critic for accessibility and persons with disabilities. As of August 11, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition's Deputy Whip and critic for Children, Community and Social Services. In May 2016, Taylor was ejected from the legislature for repeatedly refusing the Speaker's requests to stop yelling while debating a new Ontario Autism Program with $333 million in funding, but which would move kids with autism older than five to a longer but less intensive therapy program and compensate their families with $8000 for being taken off the intensive therapy waitlist. In spring 2018, news reports surfaced that two human rights complaints were filed against Taylor by staffers in March 2018. One human rights complaint alleges Taylor attempted to force and coerce one of her assistants to accuse another coworker of sexual harassment to erroneously produce grounds for the employee's termination. The other complaint details MPP Taylor bullying and discriminating against her staff. The complaints were subsequently resolved in December of the same year. In February 2019, Taylor was ejected from the legislature after refusing to withdraw a remark where she accused the Progressive Conservative government led by Premier

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of lying to Ontario families about the autism waitlist. In April 2022, she co-sponsored a bill put forward by MPP

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that would declare each June in Ontario

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month. In March 2023, she introduced Bill-74, Missing Persons Amendment Act, 2023. The bill would expand the scope of people the Ontario Provincial Police could issue amber alerts for to encompass "vulnerable persons," defined as persons who have a greater dependency on others because of their age, disability or other circumstances. In 2024, she announced her intention to seek the federal NDP nomination for

. In April 2025, Taylor lost to incumbent Liberal Member of Parliament Lisa Hepfner, who was elected to a second term as MP for

Electoral record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Monique 1972 births Living people Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 21st-century Canadian women politicians Women MPPs in Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 2025 Canadian federal election Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament