Christine Elliott
| Christine Elliott | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office October 10, 2007 – August 28, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Lorne Coe |
| Constituency | Whitby—Oshawa |
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In office 2006–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Flaherty |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Whitby—Ajax |
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Christine Janice Elliott April 13, 1955 Oshawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jim Flaherty (m. 1986; d. 2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Whitby, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario (B.A., LL.B.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Portfolio | Deputy Leader (2009-2015) |
Christine Janice Elliott (born April 13, 1955) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2015. She represented the ridings of Whitby—Ajax and Whitby—Oshawa, east of Toronto. Elliott was a candidate in the 2009 Progressive Conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner Tim Hudak and runner-up Frank Klees. She was appointed as the party's deputy leader in 2009. She was a candidate for 2015 leadership election but lost to federal MP Patrick Brown. Elliott was appointed as Ontario's first Patient Ombudsman.
Elliott was born in Oshawa and grew up in Whitby. She attended the University of Western Ontario where she received her honours Bachelor of Arts degree in history. She graduated from Western Law School and received her Bachelor of Laws degree in 1978. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1980. She was a founding member and partner of the Whitby law firm Flaherty Dow Elliott & McCarthy, where she practised in real estate, corporate/commercial and estate law.
Elliott received Whitby's Peter Perry Award, an annual recognition of Whitby's outstanding citizen. Prior to that she became a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow in recognition of her pro bono legal work. She is the co-founder and director of the Abilities Centre, a director and past chair of Grandview Children’s Centre and a director of the Lakeridge Health Whitby Foundation. She was board president of the Durham Mental Health Services (DMHS) and was recognized when it named one of their group homes in her honour (Elliott House). She is a director of Legacy Private Trust and has been a director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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