Kathleen Wynne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Kathleen Wynne

25th Premier of Ontario

Date of Birth: 21-May-1953

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About Kathleen Wynne

  • Kathleen O'Day Wynne (listen) (born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian politician who served as the 25th Premier of Ontario and Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018.
  • Wynne is the Member of Provincial Parliament for Don Valley West.
  • Wynne was the first female premier of Ontario and the first openly LGBT premier 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 Ontario provincial election. In the 2018 provincial election, Wynne led her party to the loss of official party status in the worst defeat of a governing party in Ontario history.
  • Wynne subsequently resigned as Liberal leader on election night and was succeeded by interim leader John Fraser.
  • Wynne submitted her formal resignation as Premier to Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell on June 29, 2018.

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