# Zee Hamid

Zee Hamid MPP is a Canadian politician who was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on May 2, 2024. He represents the electoral district of Milton as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Before becoming an MPP, Hamid spent 12 years as a municipal councillor and was a tech executive with at least two patents under his name.

## Background

While Hamid was born in Karachi, Pakistan, his family is from Bihar, India, and had lived in Calcutta, India and Dhaka, Bangladesh before settling in Pakistan. He immigrated to Canada with his family as a teenager and has a Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo.

## Politics

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. In 2009 he ran a petition to advocate for an underpass on Derry Road in Milton.

### Town of Milton Council

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. As he was the last person to vote and the vote was equal, his final vote was seen as a tiebreaker vote.

### Region of Halton Council

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.
Hamid ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Milton in the 2022 municipal election, losing by fewer than 1,000 votes to long-time incumbent Gordon Krantz.

### Provincial Parliament

When Milton MPP Parm Gill resigned from his seat to run federally, Hamid was tapped to become the Ontario PC candidate. On May 2, 2024, Hamid won 47% of the vote to 38.3% for Ontario Liberal's Naidoo Harris despite polls showing a neck to neck race. 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 the Ontario Liberal Party since 2014, including to former Liberal leader Steven Del Duca's 2020 leadership campaign. He had also run unsuccessfully for the federal Liberal nomination in his riding for the 2015 Canadian federal election.

## Personal life

Hamid and his wife have a blended family of six children.

## Electoral record

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 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 | | 42.2 | +14.5 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 100,342 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –1.4 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2024: Milton Resignation of Parm 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 27,379 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.72 | -14.99 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 98,785 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +2.24 |
2022 Milton mayoral election :
| 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 :
| 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 |