Chris Glover (born September 4, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Spadina—Fort York as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Glover was an adjunct professor in social sciences at York University and twice-elected trustee with the Toronto District School Board for Etobicoke-Centre.

On August 23, 2018, Glover was named Official Opposition Critic for Colleges and Universities. As of August 11, 2024, he serves as the Official Opposition critic for Technology, Development and Innovation, and Democratic Reform.

Electoral record

2025 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal April Engelberg
Progressive Conservative Omar Farhat
New Democratic Chris Glover
Green Patrick Macklem
None of the Above Ron Shaw
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
2022 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Chris Glover 15,595 46.06 −3.56 $135,213
Liberal Chi Nguyen 9,463 27.95 +4.28 $81,726
Progressive Conservative Husain Neemuchwala 6,221 18.37 −3.41 $14,178
Green Cara Des Granges 1,902 5.62 +1.97 $1,233
New Blue Angela Asher 581 1.72   $5,875
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Jan Osko 95 0.28 +0.11 $0
Total valid votes/expense limit 33,857 100.0     $139,048
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 230
Turnout 34,087 34.35
Eligible voters 99,325
New Democratic hold Swing −3.92
Source(s)
2018 Ontario general election: Spadina—Fort York
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Chris Glover 24,677 49.62 +22.91
Liberal Han Dong 11,770 23.67 -24.64
Progressive Conservative Iris Yu 10,834 21.79 +3.33
Green Rita Bilerman 1,815 3.65 -2.33
Libertarian Erik Malmholt 278 0.56
None of the Above Adam Nobody 271 0.54
Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda Queenie Yu 86 0.17
Total valid votes 49,731 99.17
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 415 0.83
Turnout 50,146 53.56
Eligible voters 93,622
New Democratic pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
2014 Toronto District School Board Trustee election: Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre)[3]
Candidate Votes %
Chris Glover 11,665 44.40
Elizabeth McKinlay 7,653 29.13
Stephen Thiele 6,371 24.25
Suban Abdullahi 1,582 6.02
2010 Toronto District School Board Trustee election: Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre)[4]
Candidate Votes %
Chris Glover 9,881 42.79
Wayne Chen 3,992 17.29
Stephen Thiele 3,741 16.20
Kaydee Richmond 1,640 7.10
John Kapralos 1,443 6.25
Maya Worsoff 1,124 4.87
Ron Jaicarran 734 3.18
Husein Kirefu 538 2.33

References

  1. ^ "NDP’s Chris Glover wins in condo-heavy Spadina-Fort York". Toronto Star, June 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results, 2014 Municipal General Election" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results, 2010 Municipal General Election" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 2025-02-08.


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