Daiene Vernile | |
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 Speaking at the Waterloo Region wide All Candidates Event at THE MUSEUM: Cultural Exchange 6.0, during the 2018 Ontario Provincial Election. | |
| Member of theOntario Provincial Parliament forKitchener Centre | |
| In office June 12, 2014 – June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | John Milloy |
| Succeeded by | Laura Mae Lindo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-07-01)July 1, 1960 (age 64) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | John Matlock |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Kitchener, Ontario |
| Profession | Television journalist |
Daiene G. Vernile[1] (born July 1, 1960) is a former politician inOntario, Canada. She was aLiberal member of theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding ofKitchener Centre. She was a member of cabinet in the government ofKathleen Wynne.
Prior to her election to the legislature, Vernile was a television journalist forCKCO-TV. She lives inKitchener, Ontario with her husband John. They have three children.[2]
She ran in the2014 provincial election as theLiberal candidate in the riding ofKitchener Centre. She defeatedProgressive Conservative candidate and formerMPPWayne Wettlaufer by 6,913 votes.[3][4][5]
In June 2014, she was appointed asParliamentary Assistant to theMinister of Research and Innovation.
On January 17, 2018, Vernile was sworn into cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.[6]
She was defeated byNDP candidateLaura Mae Lindo in the2018 provincial election.
| Ontario provincial government ofKathleen Wynne | ||
| Cabinet post (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Eleanor McMahon | Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport January 17, 2018—June 29, 2018 | Sylvia Jones |
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Laura Mae Lindo | 20,512 | 43.38 | +20.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Henein Thorn | 13,080 | 27.66 | +0.68 | ||||
| Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 9,499 | 20.09 | -23.05 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Danckert | 3,234 | 6.84 | +1.07 | ||||
| Libertarian | Jason Erb | 439 | 0.93 | -0.37 | ||||
| None of the Above | Chris Carr | 429 | 0.91 | |||||
| Communist | Marty Suter | 87 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 47,280 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Daiene Vernile | 18,472 | 43.14 | +3.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wayne Wettlaufer | 11,550 | 26.98 | -11.42 | ||||
| New Democratic | Margaret Johnston | 9,765 | 22.81 | +3.99 | ||||
| Green | Ronnie Smith | 2,472 | 5.77 | +3.38 | ||||
| Libertarian | Patrick Bernier | 557 | 1.30 | +0.69 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,816 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +7.66 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[8] | ||||||||
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