Suze Morrison
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Toronto Centre
In office
June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded byGlen Murray
Succeeded byKristyn Wong-Tam
Personal details
Born (1988-02-04) February 4, 1988
Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic
SpouseTrevor Morey[1]
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Guelph-Humber
OccupationCommunications consultant

Suze Morrison is a Canadian former politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[2] She represented the riding of Toronto Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party, and was the Ontario New Democratic Party's Caucus Critic for both Housing and Women's Issues.[3] She did not run for re-election in 2022.

Background

Of mixed European and Indigenous heritage, Morrison was born in the Parry Sound District before moving to Toronto 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.[2] 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 Regent Park neighbourhood in 2017.[1]

Morrison is a motorsports enthusiast, and competes in autocross events. She is a two-time winner of the Lorna Wilson Ladies Championship, which is awarded by the Western Ontario Sports Car Association.[4]

In June 2021, Morrison came out as bisexual.[5]

Politics

During the election campaign, she participated alongside Liberal MPP Steven Del Duca and Progressive Conservative MPP Lisa Thompson in Election Brew, a non-partisan event sponsored by Equal Voice and Labatt to increase citizen engagement in politics through a friendly competition to create craft beer brews; Morrison's beer, an India pale ale, won the competition.[6]

She was one of three MPPs of Indigenous heritage elected in 2018, alongside caucus colleagues Guy Bourgouin and Sol Mamakwa.[7]

She served as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts,[8] and as the official opposition critic for housing and women's issues.

Morrison was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2019. As a result, she declined to run for re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election, instead opting to undergo treatment for the disease.[9]

Electoral record

2018 Ontario general election: Toronto Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticSuze Morrison23,68853.66+37.87
LiberalDavid Morris11,98627.15-31.07
Progressive ConservativeMeredith Cartwright6,23414.12-4.43
GreenAdam Sommerfeld1,3773.12-1.30
LibertarianJudi Falardeau3710.84-0.23
Special NeedsDan King1170.27-0.12
New People's ChoiceCameron James1100.25
Stop the New Sex-Ed AgendaTheresa Snell1020.23
The PeopleKevin Clarke980.22+0.06
Canadian EconomicWanda Marie Fountain650.15
Total valid votes 44,148100.0  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +34.47
Source: Elections Ontario[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Man killed in Regent Park drive-by shooting ID'd as Lemard Champagnie". CBC News Toronto, July 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Ormsby, Mary (June 7, 2018). "Historic NDP win as Suze Morrison takes Toronto Centre". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ "NDP Caucus Critic Portfolios - August 2018" (PDF). www.ontariondp.ca. August 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  4. ↑ "WOSCA Results"
  5. ↑ Suze Morrison, "Op-ed: NDP MPP Suze Morrison on coming out while staying in". Now, June 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "With provincial election brewing, Labatt brings political foes together". Canada NewsWire, May 2, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sol Mamakwa, seul membre d'une Première Nation à Queen's Park". Ici Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones, June 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ontario Legislature". August 24, 2018
  9. ↑ "Toronto Centre MPP Suze Morrison won't seek re-election". thestar.com. April 4, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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