Preceded by Peter Kormos Occupation Nurse Preceded by Jon Reuter Name Cindy Forster | Succeeded by Damian Goulbourne Role Politician Political party New Democrat Residence Welland, Canada | |
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Party Ontario New Democratic Party | ||
Ndp mpp cindy forster calling for an immediate wsib investigation
Cindy Forster (born c. 1953) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Welland. She has been an MPP since 2011.
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- Ndp mpp cindy forster calling for an immediate wsib investigation
- Cindy forster urges carepartners to put care before profit
- Background
- Politics
- References
Cindy forster urges carepartners to put care before profit
Background
Forster was born and raised in Welland, Ontario. She worked as a nurse before entering politics.
Politics
Forster was mayor of Welland from 2000 to 2003, and later represented the city on Niagara Regional Council. She was succeeded on Niagara Regional Council by Peter Kormos, her predecessor as Welland's MPP.
She ran in the 2011 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Welland. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Domenic Ursini by 5,479 votes. She was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating PC candidate Frank Campion by 8,334 votes.
She is the party's critic for Labour.