Kathleen O. Wynne
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The Honourable Kathleen Wynne MPP |
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| 25th Premier of Ontario | |
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Assumed office February 11, 2013 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
David Onley Elizabeth Dowdeswell |
| Preceded by | Dalton McGuinty |
| Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party | |
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Assumed office January 26, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dalton McGuinty |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Don Valley West |
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Assumed office October 2, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | David Turnbull |
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Kathleen O'Day Wynne May 21, 1953 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Phil Cowperthwaite (m. 1977; div. 1991) Jane Rounthwaite (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Queen's University University of Toronto |
Kathleen O'Day Wynne (born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian politician and the 25th Premier of Ontario. In office since 2013, she is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Don Valley West for the Liberal Party. She is the first female premier of Ontario and the first openly LGBT head of a provincial or federal government in Canada.
A community activist, Wynne was first elected to public office as a Toronto District School Board Trustee in 2000. She subsequently was elected to the Provincial Legislature in 2003. Under Premier Dalton McGuinty, she served in various cabinet posts, including as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Aboriginal Affairs until resigning to run as a Liberal Party leadership candidate when McGuinty announced his resignation in 2012.
Wynne replaced McGuinty as premier upon her victory of the Liberal leadership race, and subsequently led the party to a majority government victory in the 2014 General Election.
Wynne was born in Toronto to Dr. John B. Wynne and Patsy O'Day, a musician who grew up in Nassau, the Bahamas before immigrating to Canada.
Wynne grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queen's University and a Master of Arts degree in linguistics from the University of Toronto. She achieved a Master of Education degree in adult education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto). She was a member of the discipline committee of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists from 1997 to 2000.
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