Zee Hamid | |
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.jpg) Hamid in 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Assistant to theMinister of Finance | |
| Assumed office June 2024 | |
| Minister | Peter Bethlenfalvy |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Stephen Crawford |
| Member of theOntario Provincial Parliament forMilton | |
| Assumed office May 2, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Parm Gill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zeeshan Hamid Karachi, Pakistan |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
| Residence(s) | Milton, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science) |
| Occupation | Tech Executive |
Zee HamidMPP is aCanadian politician who was first elected to theLegislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on May 2, 2024.[1] He represents the electoral district ofMilton as a member of theOntario Progressive Conservative Party.[2] Before becoming an MPP, Hamid spent 12 years as a municipal councillor and was a tech executive[3] with at least two patents under his name.[4]
While Hamid was born inKarachi, Pakistan, his family is fromBihar, India, and had lived inCalcutta, India andDhaka, Bangladesh before settling inPakistan. He immigrated to Canada with his family as a teenager and has a Bachelor ofMathematics andComputer Science degree from theUniversity of Waterloo.
Hamid served in several community positions before he ran for office, including the Milton Transit Advisory Committee and Halton's Inter-Municipal Committee on Sustainability.[5] In 2009 he ran a petition to advocate for an underpass on Derry Road in Milton.[6]
In 2010, he ran for the Milton Town Council in ward 8 and beat his opponent by 23.38 points. He was elected again in 2014.
In 2016, he voted to reduce the size of the Milton council by two councillors, rather than increasing it by two.[7] As he was the last person to vote and the vote was equal, his final vote was seen as a tiebreaker vote.
In 2018, he ran for the Halton Regional Council, facing another councillor John Pollard and former Regional Councillor Tony Lambert. Hamid won by getting 54.47% of the total votes against 4 other challengers.[8]
Hamid ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Milton in the2022 municipal election, losing by fewer than 1,000 votes to long-time incumbentGordon Krantz.[3]
When Milton MPPParm Gill resigned from his seat to run federally, Hamid was tapped to become the Ontario PC candidate.[9] On May 2, 2024, Hamid won 47% of the vote to 38.3% forOntario Liberal's Naidoo Harris[10] despite polls showing a neck to neck race.[11] He increased the winning margin from 4.32 points in 2022 to 8.79 points in 2024.
In the 2025 general election, Hamid maintained his voter share, up from 47.04% to 47.4%.
Before running as a PC candidate, Hamid had donated $3,508 to theOntario Liberal Party since 2014, including to former Liberal leaderSteven Del Duca's2020 leadership campaign. He had also run unsuccessfully for thefederal Liberal nomination inhis riding for the2015 Canadian federal election.[3]
Hamid and his wife have a blended family of six children.[12]
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Zee Hamid | 20,091 | 47.4 | +0.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Kristina Tesser Derksen | 17,551 | 41.4 | +3.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Katherine Cirlincione | 2,403 | 5.7 | –1.1 | ||||
| Green | Susan Doyle | 1,130 | 2.7 | –0.1 | ||||
| New Blue | John Spina | 866 | 2.0 | –2.0 | ||||
| Centrist | Mohsin Rizvi | 316 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 42.2 | +14.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 100,342 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | –1.4 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[13] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2024:Milton Resignation ofParm Gill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Zee Hamid | 12,880 | 47.04 | +3.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Galen Naidoo Harris | 10,473 | 38.25 | -0.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edie Strachan | 1,851 | 6.76 | -2.94 | ||||
| New Blue | John Spina | 1,102 | 4.02 | -0.03 | ||||
| Green | Kyle Hutton | 755 | 2.76 | -1.38 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Frederick Weening | 111 | 0.41 | |||||
| Family Rights | Tony Walton | 101 | 0.37 | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 64 | 0.23 | |||||
| Independent | Arabella Vida | 42 | 0.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,379 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 27.72 | -14.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 98,785 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativehold | Swing | +2.24 | ||||||
| 2022 Milton mayoral election[14] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon Krantz | 11,391 | 49.51 |
| Zee Hamid | 10,396 | 45.18 |
| Rajiv Dhawan | 625 | 2.72 |
| Saba Ishaq | 597 | 2.59 |
| Total | 23,009 | 100.00 |
| 2018 Milton ward 4 regional election[15] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Zee Hamid | 2,100 | 54.47 |
| Sammy Ijaz | 687 | 17.82 |
| John Pollard | 548 | 14.22 |
| Tony Lambert | 321 | 8.33 |
| David Hertzman | 199 | 5.61 |
| Total | 3,855 | 100.00 |