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1. Vote for Chris Ballard: (Blog); This latest poll from Mainstreet Research (26 February) projects Dawn Gallagher Murphy as the clear winner in tomorrow’s Provincial election in Newmarket-Aurora. I am not so sure. A lot will depend ...; Created on 26 February 2025
2. New Poll shows Chris Ballard within striking distance of PC bully and hypocrite, Dawn Gallagher Murphy: (Blog); A new poll from Mainstreet Reseach puts Liberal challenger Chris Ballard within three percentage points of the PC incumbent, Dawn Gallagher Murphy. It puts Gallagher Murphy on 43.1%; Chris Ballard on ...; Created on 18 February 2025
3. Christine Elliott goes from Health Minister to Private Sector Health Lobbyist in a Heartbeat: (Blog); ... health minister Christine Elliott registered to lobby the Ford government on behalf of Clearpoint. Her official registration says her lobbying goals are to "engage the government in updating and increasing ...; Created on 15 November 2023
4. Christine Elliott lingers on…: (Blog); ... so we can discuss the matter further?" I have zero interest in meeting Christine Elliott. But I have one or two reasons for meeting her former Office Manager. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Update ...; Created on 26 July 2022
5. Newmarket-Aurora Liberals poised to select candidate to challenge Ford’s Deputy, Christine Elliott, in June election: (Blog); ... same day. (Photo from Newmarket Today) The former MPP, Chris Ballard, decided not to run again leaving the field open to two wannabe MPPs, Dr Sylvain Roy, a psychologist and Shameela Shakeel, a psychometrist. ...; Created on 11 January 2022
6. Cutting Nurses Pay – the Christine Elliott Way: (Blog); ... denied them a fair wage increase. Why? Because the Government’s Bill 124 tied his hands, imposing a 1% cap on wages.” “When a journalist asked Christine Elliott about the arbitration, she dodged responsibility ...; Created on 29 June 2020
7. Christine Elliott MPP and the public service cuts in Ontario: (Blog); As TIFF gets under way and summer draws to a close let us not forget those who protested outside Christine Elliott’s Newmarket-Aurora constituency office over many months, drawing our attention to the ...; Created on 05 September 2019
8. Andrew’s Convenience Store in Aurora will be selling beer and wine by this time next year says local MPP Christine Elliott - but at what cost?: (Blog); ... itself open to legal action by the Beer Store owners for breach of contract. A year ago the Deputy Leader of the Progressive Conservatives Christine Elliott told us she wanted convenience stores to sell ...; Created on 12 August 2019
9. My 15 minute appointment with Christine Elliott MPP: (Blog); Two months after asking for an appointment with my MPP, Christine Elliott, I am getting one and I am grateful. This morning’s ERA newspaper tells me others aren’t so lucky. I have been given 15 minutes ...; Created on 08 August 2019
10. Ford reshuffle strips key responsibilities from his deputy Christine Elliott and she is delighted: (Blog); Ontario's Health and Long term Care Minister Christine Elliott is losing a big chunk of her responsibilities as long-term care is passed over to Dr Merrilee Fullerton and Michael Tibollo takes on mental ...; Created on 20 June 2019
11. How long will it take me to get an appointment to see my MPP, Christine Elliott?: (Blog); How long before I can see my MPP, Christine Elliott? I have no idea. It could be in the Fall. But I am keeping my fingers crossed. We learn the PCs want their MPPs to use the summer break talking ...; Created on 09 June 2019
12. Christine Elliott and cuts to legal aid: (Blog); Yesterday (Friday 31 May 2019) the Common Ground people staged another of their rolling demonstrations outside Christine Elliott’s office in Newmarket. I spot a new face behind dark sunglasses in animated ...; Created on 01 June 2019
13. No sign of Christine Elliott as protests continue outside her Newmarket Office: (Blog); Christine Elliott’s constituency office in Newmarket was again closed to visitors at 12 noon today as protesters gathered outside to draw attention to the scale and ferocity of the planned cuts to services. ...; Created on 24 May 2019
14. Christine Elliott’s Newmarket Office besieged by protesters: (Blog); The constituency office of Newmarket-Aurora’s MPP, Christine Elliott, was today picketed by a good-natured rainbow coalition of protesters, all concerned about Doug Ford’s latest cuts. The group says ...; Created on 01 May 2019
15. Doug Ford, Christine Elliott and the Greenbelt.: (Blog); ... protect the Greenbelt in its entirety. What are Christine Elliott's views on Bill 66? Full of indignation about the duplicity I write to Christine Elliott, who is Ford’s Deputy Leader and who happen ...; Created on 11 December 2018
16. Christine Elliott’s Talking Points on Gun Violence: (Blog); ... and do nothing. I want to see a nationwide ban on assault rifles and handguns and I recently asked my MPP Christine Elliott if she still believes (as she did in 2008) that “a simple handgun ban ...; Created on 26 November 2018
17. Christine Elliott MPP: keeping her views to herself: (Blog); Candidates for Durham Regional Chair in one of their many debates In July I asked my MPP, Christine Elliott, the Deputy Leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, for her views on whether ...; Created on 20 October 2018
18. Do Chris Emanuel’s sums add up?: (Blog); Newmarket’s Regional Councillor candidate Chris Emanuel warns voters they face a tax hike of over 40% if they elect Tom Vegh. Seriously? Is this on the cards? Or even remotely plausible? Or ...; Created on 15 October 2018
19. Tom Vegh or Chris Emanuel: (Blog); Who should we vote for in the election for Regional Councillor? Cross-dressing We have to choose between Tom Vegh and Chris Emanuel. Or, perhaps, Joan Stonehocker. But from their campaign ...; Created on 14 October 2018
20. Christine Elliott and the cancellation of elections for Regional Chairs: (Blog); Christine Elliott is my MPP. She steadfastly refuses to tell me if she was in favour of the direct election of the Chair of Durham Regional Council when she was MPP for Whitby-Oshawa. It is not ...; Created on 16 September 2018
21. Chris Emanuel, Secrecy and the Town of Newmarket: (Blog); Over three years ago at the Glenway Lessons Learned meeting, Regional Councillor wannabe Chris Emanuel told me too much is kept secret at the Town Hall and that should change. Chris is running for ...; Created on 07 August 2018
22. Christine Elliott and the direct election of the Chair of York Regional Council: (Blog); The Deputy Leader of Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, Christine Elliott, yesterday voted in favour of the Better Local Government Act which will cut the size of Toronto City Council and axe the upcoming ...; Created on 31 July 2018
23. MPP hopeful Christine Elliott says the PCs will produce a fully costed platform before the election.: (Blog); Former PC leadership contender and candidate for the bell-weather riding of Newmarket-Aurora, Christine Elliott, told a breakfast meeting earlier today that the Progressive Conservatives would be producing ...; Created on 24 May 2018
24. Chris Emanuel v Tom Vegh: (Blog); Last night I wander along to Chris Emanuel’s campaign launch in the Veterans Hall at Millard. He is running for Regional Councillor, hoping to step into John Taylor’s shoes if – as widely assumed ...; Created on 04 May 2018
25. An Unwelcome Guest at Christine Elliott’s meet and greet: (Blog); Last night (5 April 2018) Christine Elliott’s meet and greet in Newmarket had an unwelcome guest, the former PC candidate Charity McGrath. Three weeks ago McGrath was stripped of her status as official ...; Created on 06 April 2018
26. Chris Ballard's electrifying new projec: (Blog); ... happened twenty years ago. As I enter it is impossible to miss Chris Ballard, Newmarket-Aurora's smiley MPP, who is standing strategically by the entrance, making sure his constituents know he is here. ...; Created on 07 July 2017
27. The Future of the Christian Baptist Church on Main Street South: (Blog); Increasingly my thoughts are turning to religion. Yesterday, the ERA newspaper unusually delivered a bombshell straight to my front door. We are told the Christian Baptist Church on Main Street ...; Created on 17 February 2017
28. Chris Ballard and Bill 42: (Blog); Congratulations to Aurora Newmarket MPP Chris Ballard on his promotion into the Government as Minister of Housing. He will be a busy boy. But this raises the question of what happens to Bill 42 - his ...; Created on 14 June 2016
29. Chris Campbell for Mayor: (Blog); Chris Campbell’s campaign launch is a jolly affair. No sign of any Newmarket councillors. I am on the look out. But, inevitably, Darryl Wolk, is here, pressing the flesh with one hand, cell phone ...; Created on 09 September 2014
30. The British War Dead in Afghanistan Defamed by Donald Trump: (Blog); ... Huddersfield, Private Christopher Kershaw, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, aged 19, from Bradford, Private Daniel Wade, 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, aged 20, from Warrington, Private Daniel ...; Created on 24 January 2026
31. Crossing the floor: (Blog); ... agree with the decision. In November 2025 Chris d’Entremont the MP for West Nova / Acadie-Annapolis (Nova Scotia) crossed the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals. He was swiftly followed by Michael ...; Created on 15 January 2026
32. Shop Easyhome. Where a $320 TV costs you $1,558: (Blog); Easyhome, the nationwide franchise chain with a branch here in Newmarket, is making a pitch for a slice of the Christmas gift market. “Make their Season Merry. Find the perfect gift from any store ...; Created on 24 November 2025
33. Dawn Gallagher Murphy MPP: Taxpayer funded expenses 2024-25: (Blog); Newmarket-Aurora's newly re-elected Progressive Conservative MPP, Dawn Gallagher Murphy, spent $454,784 on Office and Support Staff expenses in 2024-25 – just shy of the $460,050 “global budget” she ...; Created on 08 June 2025
34. Bogus land valuation nets developer a multi-million dollar tax windfall: (Blog); ... voiced by the Mayor and ward councillor, Christina Bisanz, when the Glenway West development was formally approved by the Town on 2 May 2022. Open Space purposes As early as May 2017 the Town was ...; Created on 03 May 2025
35. Democracy is the worst form of Government: (Blog); ... him Kyle Peterson was acclaimed. And this for a job with a base salary of $210,000. On the Conservative side, Dawn Gallagher Murphy was appointed as candidate by the Party leader. Before her, Christine ...; Created on 30 April 2025
36. Liberal wannabe MP Jennifer McLachlan wins hands down: (Blog); ... Sandra Cobena was a no-show. Nothing was more important than this event, organised by a group of local Christians because no-one else was prepared to do so. Cobena should have cleared her diary to make ...; Created on 16 April 2025
37. All Candidates Forum in Newmarket-Aurora planned for this Tuesday, 15 April: (Blog); Newmarket Today’s Joseph Quigley reports that a group of local Christians of multiple denominations is organising an all-candidates forum at the Newmarket Legion, 707 Srigley Street from 7 to 9 p.m. The ...; Created on 13 April 2025
38. Newmarket Public Library Report to the Community 2024: (Blog); Newmarket Public Library’s membership rocketed last year by an eye-watering 9,476 new members. We are told this was a 43.47% increase on 2023. These figures remind me of the old tractor production statistics ...; Created on 04 April 2025
39. The Federal election in Newmarket-Aurora is too close to call: (Blog); ... candidates’ debate. Their Chief Executive, Chris Emanuel, told me on Monday they would not be taking the lead on organising a debate: “We have expressed our willingness to partner with orgs (like the ...; Created on 26 March 2025
40. Jennifer McLachlan: Work in Progress: (Blog); ... Chris Ballard in last month’s Provincial election. If I had asked him for his views on electoral reform and he told me he was a sponge, soaking up views on the issue before he ventured an opinion, he ...; Created on 20 March 2025
41. Mapping the result of the Provincial Election in Newmarket-Aurora 2025: (Blog); Last week, more people in Newmarket-Aurora didn’t vote for Dawn Gallagher Murphy than did. But she was still 2,537 votes ahead of her only serious challenger, the former Liberal Cabinet minister, Chris ...; Created on 08 March 2025
42. What is Doug Ford going to do with his new Mandate?: (Blog); ... followed the old dictum: "Never explain. Never complain". She took it all on the chin and it worked. She got 47.4% of the vote with Chris Ballard trailing on 41.9% – a difference of 2,425 votes (but ...; Created on 28 February 2025
43. Gallagher Murphy home and dry without last minute switch from NDP and Green voters: (Blog); The latest polling figures from Mainstreet Research (25 February) show support for Dawn Gallagher Murphy and Chris Ballard essentially frozen with a 4 to 5 point gap between them. YSSUkfFYIN4 Without ...; Created on 25 February 2025
44. Gallagher Murphy falters as Ballard closes the gap to under 4 points: (Blog); With three days to go Chris Ballard is within four percentage points of Newmarket-Aurora's PC candidate, Dawn Gallagher Murphy. The chart below shows the projected support for the candidates as of today, ...; Created on 24 February 2025
45. “Dawn Gallagher Murphy is a horrible person”: (Blog); ... the ones who are denouncing her as a tyrannical fraud? Her only realistic challenger, Chris Ballard, is trailing second as the anti-Gallagher Murphy vote fragments. And he is running out of time to ...; Created on 23 February 2025
46. The election in Newmarket Aurora: The non disclosure agreement that protects Gallagher Murphy: (Blog); Late last month Dawn Gallagher Murphy’s former office manager, Teena Bogner, settled her action at the Ontario Labour Relations Board against the tyrannical MPP for Newmarket-Aurora. (Photo right) Bogner’s ...; Created on 22 February 2025
47. Ballard recovers support as Gallagher Murphy plateaus at 47%: (Blog); Projections from the polling organisation Mainstreet Research continue to put the racist bully Dawn Gallagher Murphy way ahead of her main challenger Chris Ballard. But Ballard has recovered support ...; Created on 22 February 2025
48. The election in Newmarket-Aurora: is the racist bully Dawn Gallagher Murphy days away from being re-elected?: (Blog); ... again! Clearly, Gallagher Murphy does not consider debates with other candidates part of the “election process”. Chris Ballard has challenged her to a one-on-one debate but she ignores him rather than ...; Created on 21 February 2025
49. Black history event is all "Woke Bullshit" says Dawn Gallagher Murph: (Blog); ... who came out today!” In her absence, Chris Ballard challenged her to a one-on-one debate, any time, any place. There is zero chance she will accept. Too afraid. Gallagher Murphy still leads ...; Created on 20 February 2025