Suze Morrison is a Canadian former politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She represented the riding of

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as a member of the

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, and was the Ontario New Democratic Party's Caucus Critic for both Housing and Women's Issues. She did not run for re-election in 2022.

Background

Of mixed European and Indigenous heritage, Morrison was born in the

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before moving to

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in childhood. She took her Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in media studies from Guelph-Humber, and has worked in communications and public relations in the non-profit sector. She first became prominent within the riding as an advocate for community safety after witnessing the drive-by shooting of Lemard Champagnie in Toronto's

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neighbourhood in 2017. Morrison is a motorsports enthusiast, and competes in

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events. She is a two-time winner of the Lorna Wilson Ladies Championship, which is awarded by the Western Ontario Sports Car Association. In June 2021, Morrison came out as

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Politics

During the election campaign, she participated alongside Liberal MPP

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and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson in Election Brew, a non-partisan event sponsored by Equal Voice and

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to increase citizen engagement in politics through a friendly competition to create

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brews; Morrison's beer, an India pale ale, won the competition. She was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside caucus colleagues Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa. She served as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts,"Ontario Legislature"
August 24, 2018 and as the official opposition critic for housing and women's issues. Morrison was diagnosed with

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in 2019. As a result, she declined to run for re-election in the

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, instead opting to undergo treatment for the disease.

Electoral record

References

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