Preceded by Steve Peters Occupation Pharmacist Residence St. Thomas, Ontario | Children 1 Spouse(s) Jenn Yurek Name Jeff Yurek | |
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Political party Progressive Conservative | ||
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Jeff Yurek (born c. 1971) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London. He has been an MPP since 2011.
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Background
Yurek was born and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario. He worked as a pharmacist in a family business with his brother. He lives with his wife Jenn and their daughter.
Politics
Yurek ran in the 2011 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London. He defeated Liberal candidate Laurie Baldwin-Sands by 8,696 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 provincial election defeating NDP candidate Kathy Cornish by 8,820 votes.
He is the party's critic for health.
He put forward a private member's bill, that was passed unanimously, allowing students to carry lifesaving medicines on their person. The bill was named 'Ryan's Law', after a student died from having his puffer locked in the principal's office