Name Eleanor McMahon | Occupation Non-profit director | |
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Spouse(s) Greg Stobbart (Dec. 2006) Role Member of Provincial Parliament Office Member of Provincial Parliament since 2014 | ||
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Eleanor McMahon (born c. 1962) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. She represents the riding of Burlington. She is the founder of the Share the Road Cycling Coalition, a bicycling advocacy group she created following the death of her husband in a cycling collision in June 2006.
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- Eleanor mcmahon remembrance day 2105
- Eleanor mcmahon holiday message 2015
- Background
- Cycling advocate
- Politics
- References
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Background
McMahon was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario. She was employed on Parliament Hill as press secretary successively for Herb Gray, John Turner and Jean Chrétien. Other roles included Director of Public Affairs at the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Vice President at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Director of Public Affairs at Petro-Canada, Vice President at United Way Ottawa, and Executive Director of Public Affairs at the Ontario Medical Association.
Cycling advocate
After her husband was killed by a driver with a suspended license in 2006, McMahon founded the Share the Road Cycling Coalition. She pressed the government to amend the Highway Traffic Act to toughen the law regarding drivers who drive with suspended licences. The amendment, known as Greg's Law was passed in April 2009. She also released a policy paper on a bicycle strategy for the province which discussed infrastructure funding, bicycle travel and route development. She released the paper in partnership with Transportation Minister Glen Murray in 2013. In April 2014 McMahon again joined Murray in the announcement of $25 million government investment strategy in cycling infrastructure.
Politics
On January 30, 2014, McMahon was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Burlington. On June 12, 2014, McMahon defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Jane McKenna by 3,507 votes.
In June 2016 she was named to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. She previously served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry.