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♀ Margarett R. Best
aliasMargarett R. Best
Record
4621 · 2833

Jamaican-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth c. 1958
Age ± 66 years
First mandate 10 October 2007 → 16 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age ± 49 years
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 9 months ago (28 June 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Margarett R. Best (c.1958– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 5 8 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Sam Apelbaum  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Neethan Shan  m 
 
Eligible: 66,909 Votes: 34,312 Participation: 51.28% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
39		 Ontario
10 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5266(F) — 29 Nov 2022 16:29 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±49
LIB
 1/6 14,430 42.52% +4,927 Loser:
PC
 9,503 28.00% Gary Grant

Service: 3 years 11 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,408 Votes: 32,117 Participation: 47.65% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 6643(F) — 29 Nov 2022 16:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
LIB
 1/6 15,607 48.93% +6,470 Loser:
PC
 9,137 28.65% Gary Ellis
After her election:
28 Jun 2013 ±55
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 69,425 Votes: 24,873 Participation: 35.83% Candidacies: 10
Provincial
40		 Ontario
1 August 2013
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14727(F) — 1 Dec 2022 22:33 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±55		 Successor:
LIB
 8,852 35.85% Mitzie J. Hunter

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Margarett R. Best		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Margarett R. Best		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Margarett Best		 20 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Margarett Best		 20 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 20 Feb 2024 16:51 (but data presented dynamically)

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