Jeff Burch

Jeff Burch is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Niagara Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Jeff Burch
MPP
Caucus Chair of the Ontario New Democratic Party
Assumed office
July 13, 2022
LeaderPeter Tabuns (interim)
Critic, Municipal Affairs
Assumed office
September 6, 2018
LeaderAndrea Horwath and Peter Tabuns (interim)
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Niagara Centre
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byCindy Forster
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Residence(s)Thorold, Ontario
OccupationNon profit executive director / CEO, President of Steel Workers Union

Prior to his election to the legislature Burch was the executive director of Niagara Folk Arts, a non–profit social services agency, and served as city councillor for Merritton Ward for St. Catharines City Council.

Background

Jeff Burch is a graduate from Brock University, with an honours BA in philosophy. Burch then spent three years as a graduate student and teaching assistant at Brock, teaching seminars in social issues and women's studies. He left his studies in 1996 after being elected president of a United Steelworkers local union.[2]

Politics

Burch ran as the Ontario New Democratic Party's candidate in St. Catharines in 1995, losing to Liberal Jim Bradley.[3] He was elected as a city councillor in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 2006. He served from 2006 to 2014, including four years as budget chair.[4] He ran for mayor of St. Catharines in 2014, losing to Walter Sendzik by fewer than 2000 votes.

In February 2018, Burch won the NDP nomination in Niagara Centre.[5] The riding has been an NDP stronghold for 44 years with Mel Swart, Peter Kormos and Cindy Forster holding the seat. On June 8, 2019, Burch won the seat.[6] Burch currently serves as the Official Opposition critic for Municipal Affairs.[7]

Three months after his election in 2018, he scored a major victory by winning unanimous support for his motion to bring two-way all-day GO Transit rail service to Niagara.[8]

Electoral record
2022 Ontario general election: Niagara Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJeff Burch16,36039.70-4.53
Progressive ConservativeFred Davies15,50637.64+0.13
LiberalTerry Flynn5,49213.33+1.51
GreenMichelle McArthur1,8654.52+0.83
New BlueGary Dumelie1,1482.78
Ontario PartyVincent Gircys8372.03
Total valid votes 41,20899.53+0.90
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1940.47-0.90
Turnout 41,40243.33-12.80
Eligible voters 95,540
New Democratic hold Swing
Source: Elections Ontario[9]
2018 Ontario general election: Niagara Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticJeff Burch21,61844.23−3.65
Progressive ConservativeApril Jeffs18,33337.51+10.87
LiberalBenoit Mercier5,77911.82−8.60
GreenJoe Dias1,8033.69−0.34
None of the AboveJoe Crawford6231.27
LibertarianPatrick Pietruszko3680.75−0.27
IndependentSteve Soos2170.44
People's Political PartyDario Smagata-Bryan1330.27
Total valid votes 48,874 98.63
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 6801.37
Turnout 49,55456.13
Eligible voters 88,287
New Democratic hold Swing -7.26
Source: Elections Ontario[10]

2014 St. Catharines Mayoral Election
Mayoral Candidate [11] Vote  %
Walter Sendzik13,14740.19
Jeff Burch11,32134.61
Peter Secord6,57120.09
Mark Stevens1,1353.47
Jim Fannon5351.64

2010 St. Catharines City Council Election - Ward 1 - Merriton
Candidate Total votes  % of total vote
Jennie Stevens (X)2,29432.96%
Jeff Burch (X)2,06429.66%
David Haywood1,13416.29%
Garry Robbins81711.74%
Sam Sacco4917.05%
Cameron Alderdice1602.30%
Total valid votes6,960100.00

2006 St. Catharines City Council Election - Ward 1 - Meritton
Candidate Total votes  % of total vote
Jeff Burch285733.01%
Jennie Stevens (X)284932.92%
Sheila Morra (X)204923.68%
Robbie Craine89910.39%
Total valid votes6,960100.00

References
  1. "Blue wave stops in Niagara ". Niagara This Week, June 7, 2018.
  2. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Jeff Burch". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  3. en:Template:Ontario_provincial_election,_1995/St._Catharines, oldid 679624300
  4. Johnson, Nathaniel (2018-06-05). "Provincial election: Niagara Centre riding profile". StCatharinesStandard.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  5. Média, Bell. "Jeff Burch wins NDP nomination in Niagara Centre". www.iheartradio.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  6. Johnson, Nathaniel (2018-06-07). "Burch maintains NDP dynasty". StCatharinesStandard.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  7. "Jeff Burch | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  8. Benner, Allan (2018-09-28). "Province commits to 2023 for GO train". StCatharinesStandard.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  9. "Niagara Centre Election Night Results/Résultats du soir de l'élection pour Niagara-Centre". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 16, 2022.
  10. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  11. "Election Results". Archived from the original on 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.