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Kevin Flynn
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Oakville
In office October 2, 2003 – June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Gary Carr
Succeeded by	Stephen Crawford
Personal details
Born	Kevin Daniel Flynn 1955 (age 68–69) Liverpool, England
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Janice
Children	1
Residence(s)	Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Kevin Daniel Flynn (born c. 1955) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2018 who represented the riding of Oakville. He served in the cabinet of the government of Kathleen Wynne.

Background

Flynn was born in Liverpool, England. He immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 12. Prior to entering politics he was a small business owner and served as Chair of the Financial Department for the Royal Botanical Gardens. He and his wife Janice live in Oakville, Ontario.

Politics

Flynn ran for the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1985, as a New Democrat. He finished a distant third in Oakville, where the NDP has a limited base of support. Later in the year, he was elected as an Oakville Town Councillor and a Halton Regional Councillor.

He ran for election to the Legislative Assembly in the riding of Oakville, this time as a Liberal, in the provincial election of 1999. He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative Gary Carr.

Carr retired in 2003, and later joined the federal Liberal Party. In 2003, Flynn ran for the seat again and this time defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Kurt Franklin by about 3500 votes. The Premier appointed Flynn as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Labour in 2004. Subsequently, Flynn served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy, the Minister of the Environment, the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, and the Minister of Education.

In the 2007 election, Flynn ran for re-election and increased his margin of victory to 7096 votes over the Progressive Conservative challenger, Rick Byers.

Flynn has worked to ensure the protection of environmentally-sensitive land in his riding and his town, which is larger than his riding. In November 2004, he was applauded by the local media for his work in reserving 1286 acres (5 km²) of land in North Oakville as public greenspace.

On November 18, 2010, Flynn was nominated as the Liberal party candidate in Oakville for the 2011 provincial election. In the 2011 election, which saw the Liberals reduced to a minority government, Flynn increased his percentage of victory, although his margin of victory was reduced to 4580 votes over the Progressive Conservative challenger, Larry Scott.

Following the election, Flynn unsuccessfully ran to become Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, losing to fellow Liberal Dave Levac, MPP for Brant. In June 2013, he was named Chief Government Whip.

He was re-elected in the 2014 election.

On June 24, 2014, Premier Kathleen Wynne appointed him as Minister of Labour.

On June 7, 2018, he was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Stephen Crawford in the 42nd Ontario general election.

Ahead of the 2019 federal election, Flynn sought the federal Liberal nomination in Oakville. On June 12, 2019 Flynn lost the nomination to Anita Anand, who went on to win the general election.

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

References

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2. Tait, Eleanor (November 28, 2003). "Halton salutes five councillors, 51 years of service". Hamilton Spectator. p. A6.
3. "Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn gets to work as Minister of Labour". Oakville Beaver. June 24, 2014. p. 1.
4. "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.
5. Steen, David (November 13, 1985). "Lawyer Perras, 35, replaces Barrett as Oakville mayor". Toronto Star. p. B8.
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8. ^ "Kevin Daniel Flynn, MPP". Retrieved June 12, 2015.
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10. Safieddine, Hicham (November 6, 2004). "Halton's green space grows; Province pledges to curb sprawl Environmentalists express caution". Toronto Star. p. B1.
11. Kurek, Dominic (November 19, 2010). "Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn will run again for Liberals". Inside Halton.
12. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
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15. Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
16. "'Honoured to win the support': The Oakville Liberal candidate has been chosen for federal election". InsideHalton.com. June 13, 2019. Archived from the original on June 15, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
17. Canada, Elections. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". enr.elections.ca. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
18. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
19. "General Election Results by District, 060 Oakville". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history

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• 1955 births
• 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Living people
• Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
• Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
• People from Oakville, Ontario