Niki Lundquist
Niki Lundquist | |
|---|---|
| Candidate for the Ontario Provincial Parliament | |
| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Constituency | Whitby |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Ontario NDP |
| Residence | Whitby, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer [1] |
Niki Lundquist is a labour and human rights lawyer for Unifor in Ontario.[2] She was an MPP candidate for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 2016 by-election for Whitby-Oshawa to replace departing MPP Christine Elliott. On July 25, 2017, she was re-selected by the Ontario NDP to run again as their candidate in the new electoral district of Whitby.[3][4]
History[edit]
Professional career[edit]
As a lawyer, Lundquist has extensive experience fighting exploitative labour practices in Canada, as well as internationally. She graduated from Osgoode Law School and has worked with Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, Migrant Workers’ Alliance, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Lundquist also volunteers with local organizations, such as Joanne’s House — a shelter for youth located in Ajax. She resides in Whitby with her husband and two sons.[5]
In 2015, Lundquist won a landmark legal case when the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal awarded 2 of her clients, both temporary foreign workers from Mexico, $220,000.00 after it was proven that the women had been "exposed to sexual solicitation, sexual harassment, discrimination in employment, and a sexually poisoned work environment," while working for Presteve Foods Limited. This was the highest amount of damages awarded to date by the tribunal.[6] [7][8]
Politics[edit]
In January 2018, following the labour scandal involving Tim Hortons restaurant chains, whereby franchisee owners began crawling back their employee's work benefits after the Ontario minimum wage increased to $14.00 an hour, Lundquist took part in the "No Timmy's Tuesday" boycott of the restaurant chain.[9] As an NDP candidate, she strongly supports the party's plan to bring Hydro One back into public ownership, as well as its plans to introduce universal pharmacare and dentalcare to the province.<ref>https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7470140-whitby-ndps-nominate-niki-lundquist-to-carry-banner-in-2018-election/
Electoral record[edit]
| Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016: Whitby—Oshawa Resignation of Christine Elliott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 17,053 | 52.92 | +12.27 | ||||
| Liberal | Elizabeth Roy | 8,865 | 27.51 | −3.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 5,172 | 16.05 | −6.99 | ||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 529 | 1.64 | −2.63 | ||||
| None of the Above | Greg Vezina | 261 | 0.81 | – | ||||
| Independent | Above Znoneofthe | 140 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Adam McEwan | 109 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| People's Political Party | Garry Cuthbert | 52 | 0.16 | – | ||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 34 | 0.11 | −0.44 | ||||
| Pauper | John Turmel | 11 | 0.03 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,226 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 61 | 0.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,287 | 28.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 111,566 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +8.13 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016). "Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2016. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.canadianlawlist.com/listingdetail/contact/niki-lundquist-619500/
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/niki-lundquist-b338332a/
- ↑ https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7470140-whitby-ndps-nominate-niki-lundquist-to-carry-banner-in-2018-election/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pg/NikiLundquistNDP/about
- ↑ https://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7470140-whitby-ndps-nominate-niki-lundquist-to-carry-banner-in-2018-election/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CTVNewsChannel/videos/vb.231176056943733/908602292534436/?type=2&theater
- ↑ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/landmark-human-rights-ruling-highlights-systemic-abuse-of-temporary-foreign-workers-517754051.html
- ↑ https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2015/05/27/migrant-workers-awarded-record-220000-in-sex-harassment-case.html
- ↑ https://barrie.ctvnews.ca/notimmiestuesday-tim-hortons-regulars-launch-campaign-over-minimum-wage-response-1.3752393
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