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♀ Deborah Drake Matthews
aliasDeb Matthews
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 4 0 4
Birth 2 November 1953
Age 70 years + 5 months
First mandate 2 October 2003 → 20 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 5 years + 10 months ago (6 June 2018)
Special notes
None
 
Deborah Drake Matthews (1953– )
© Photo 2017 Sebastiaan ter Burg — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Bruce R. McCaffrey (1938–2002) Spouse
⊕ David R. Peterson (1943–) Brother-in-law  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 14 8 1 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Dianne E. Cunningham  f 
 		 ⊕ Salim Mansur  m 
 
Eligible: 82,991 Votes: 46,839 Participation: 56.44% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 Ontario
2 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5024(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/6 20,212 43.43% +6,752 Loser:
PC
 13,460 28.92% Dianne E. Cunningham

Service: 4 years 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 92,813 Votes: 46,404 Participation: 50.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5230(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/4 21,669 47.17% +10,772 Loser:
PC
 10,897 23.72% Rob Alder

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 91,638 Votes: 43,869 Participation: 47.87% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 6605(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/7 19,167 43.91% +6,539 Loser:
PC
 12,628 28.93% Nancy Branscombe

Service: 2 years 8 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 91,997 Votes: 46,196 Participation: 50.21% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
41		 Ontario
12 June 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7694(F) — 29 Nov 2022 17:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/7 16,379 35.98% +2,526 Loser:
NDP
 13,853 30.43% Judy Bryant

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 99,488 Votes: 54,668 Participation: 54.95% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
42		 Ontario
7 June 2018
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11997(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:10 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
64		 Successor:
NDP
 25,757 47.60% Terence D. Kernaghan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Deborah Matthews		 14 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Deborah Matthews		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Deb Matthews		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Deb Matthews		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 22:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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