Joel Harden

































Joel Harden


MPP

Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Ottawa Centre
Incumbent

Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded by Yasir Naqvi

Personal details
Political party New Democratic
Children 2
Residence
Ottawa, Ontario
Occupation Academic
Trade unionist
Politician

Joel Harden is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the riding of Ottawa Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.


Prior to being elected, Harden was a researcher at the Canadian Federation of Students. He has also been an instructor at the Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University and an adjunct professor at Brock University and has also taught at Nipissing University, McMaster University and the Labour College of Canada. From 2005 to 2010, he was senior researcher at the Canadian Labour Congress and was director of the labour education department at the Canadian Labour Congress from 2010 to 2012.[2]


Harden earned his undergraduate degree in sociology and political studies at Queen's University and his masters and doctorate in political science at York University. From 1998 to 2000, he was the chairperson of the Ontario section of the Canadian Federation of Students.[2]


Harden is a self-described democratic socialist.[3]


On August 23, 2018, Harden was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Accessibility & Persons with Disabilities; Pensions; Seniors' Affairs.[4]



Electoral record


























































































Ontario general election, 2018: Ottawa Centre
Party
Candidate
Votes % ±%

New Democratic Joel Harden 29,675 46.08 +25.69

Liberal Yasir Naqvi 21,111 32.78 -18.89

Progressive Conservative Colleen McCleery 10,327 16.03 -2.08

Green Cherie Wong 2,266 3.52 -4.22

None of the Above Marc Adornato 437 0.68

Libertarian Bruce A. Faulkner 385 0.60 -0.96

Communist Stuart Ryan 110 0.17 -0.35

Canadians' Choice James Sears 92 0.14
Total valid votes
64,403 100.0
 


New Democratic gain from Liberal

Swing
+22.29
Source: Elections Ontario[5]


References





  1. ^ "NDP Joel Harden elected in Ottawa Centre". CBC News Ottawa, June 7, 2018.


  2. ^ ab https://www.joelharden.org/cv.html


  3. ^ https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/high-profile-liberal-incumbent-gets-rolled-by-ndps-harden-in-ottawa-centre


  4. ^ https://www.ontariondp.ca/sites/default/files/18-0820critic20portfolios-3.pdf


  5. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




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