Mary-Margaret McMahon

Mary-Margaret McMahon
Mary-Margaret McMahon
	McMahon in 2016
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament; for Beaches—East York
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Rima Berns-McGown
Toronto City Councillor; for Ward 32 Beaches-East York
	In office; December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2018
Preceded by	Sandra Bussin
Succeeded by	Brad Bradford
Personal details
Born	July 6, 1966 (age 57); Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Ontario Liberal
Other political; affiliations	Independent (municipal politicians are elected on a non-partisan basis in Toronto)
Spouse	James McMahon
Children	2
Residence(s)	Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mary-Margaret McMahon (born July 6, 1966) is a Canadian politician. She was elected MPP for the Ontario Liberal Party in Beaches—East York in the June 2022 provincial election.^[1] Previously, McMahon served on the Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2018, representing Ward 32 Beaches—East York.

Background

Born and raised in Collingwood, Ontario, she is the daughter of former Collingwood mayor Ron Emo and Gloria Emo. McMahon is one of four children, including brothers Michael, Stephen and Timothy.^[2] Since 1990, she has resided in the Beaches—East York area.^[3]

McMahon taught English as a second language and worked as a community activist. She founded the East Lynn Park Farmers market and helped organize an anti-idling campaign at her children's school. She previously worked for Live Green Toronto as a community animator.^[4]

Political career

McMahon was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 2010 city council election, defeating city council speaker Sandra Bussin in Ward 32 Beaches—East York.^[5] She describes herself as a "fiscally responsible environmentalist."^[6] She served Ward 32 from 2010 to 2018, when she declined to run in the 2018 Toronto municipal election.

In October 2017 McMahon announced she would not be running for re-election in 2018, confirming a promise made when she was first elected in 2010.^[7] During her time as a councillor she brought forward two motions to Toronto City Council calling for term limits, but both were defeated.^[7]

In October 2020, she announced her candidacy for the Ontario Liberal Party nomination in the provincial electoral district of Beaches—East York.^[8] She was elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Electoral history

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Beaches—East York
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mary-Margaret McMahon	14,398	35.42	+8.41	$91,050
	New Democratic	Kate Dupuis	13,500	33.21	−15.00	$90,885
	Progressive Conservative	Angela Kennedy	7,536	18.54	+0.10	$21,977
	Green	Abhijeet Manay	4,154	10.22	+5.96	$43,979
	New Blue	Stephen Roney	441	1.08		$0
	Ontario Party	John Ferguson	310	0.76		$0
	Communist	Drew Garvie	120	0.30		$0
	None of the Above	Joe Ring	111	0.27	+0.06	$0
	Canadians' Choice	Bahman Yazdanfar	78	0.19	+0.04	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			40,648	99.65	+0.58	$116,071
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			143	0.35	−0.58
Turnout			40,791	49.58	+11.58
Eligible voters			82,912
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+11.71
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

Candidate	Votes^[9]	%
2014 Toronto election, Ward 32
Mary-Margaret McMahon (incumbent)	15,762	60.92
Sandra Bussin	4,552	17.59
Brian Graff	1,922	7.43
9 other candidates	3,639	14.06
Total	25,875	100.00

Candidate	Votes	%
2010 Toronto election, Ward 32^[10]
Mary-Margaret McMahon	15,159	65.144%
Sandra Bussin (incumbent)	5,998	25.776%
Keith Begley	753	3.236%
Bruce Baker	477	2.05%
Brad Feraday	354	1.521%
Martin Gladstone	210	0.902%
Neil Sinclair	190	0.817%
Albert Castells	66	0.284%
Kieron Pope	63	0.271%
Total	23,270	100%