# Lee Fairclough

Lee Fairclough MPP (born June 2, 1973) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 2025 Ontario general election. She represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

## Career

A member of the Canada women's national rugby union team from 1995 to 1998, she subsequently worked in health care management, and was appointed president of St. Mary's General Hospital in Kitchener in 2019. She stepped down from that job in 2022 to run in Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the 2022 Ontario general election, in which she was defeated by Christine Hogarth. She subsequently served as senior vice-president of clinical care at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health until the 2025 election, when she defeated Hogarth.

## Electoral record

2025 Ontario general election :
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** |||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Lee Fairclough | 25,195 | 48.5 | +12.8 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Christine Hogarth | 21,050 | 40.5 | +3.0 |
| | New Democratic | Rozhen Asrani | 3,640 | 7.0 | –10.9 |
| | Green | Sean McClocklin | 1,218 | 2.4 | –2.5 |
| | New Blue | Tony Siskos | 452 | 0.9 | –2.5 |
| | Moderate | Larisa Berson | 204 | 0.4 | N/A |
| | None of the Above | Vitas Naudziunas | 165 | 0.3 | –0.1 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 | +1.4 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 111,312 |
| | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | Swing | +4.9 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election: Etobicoke—Lakeshore :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Progressive Conservative | Christine Hogarth | 17,978 | 37.48 | −0.87 | $75,837 |
| | Liberal | Lee Fairclough | 17,136 | 35.73 | +11.48 | $88,272 |
| | New Democratic | Farheen Alim | 8,595 | 17.92 | −14.97 | $68,196 |
| | Green | Thomas Yanuziello | 2,278 | 4.75 | +1.13 | $1,471 |
| | New Blue | Mary Markovic | 1,612 | 3.36 | | $4,739 |
| | Independent | Bill Denning | 186 | 0.39 | | $460 |
| | None of the Above | Vitas Naudziunas | 181 | 0.38 | | $0 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,966 | 99.47 | +0.40 | $149,099 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 255 | 0.53 | −0.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,221 | 45.28 | −13.33 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 105,778 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −6.17 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. |||||||