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Hon. Deb Matthews Honourable Deb Matthews, MPP, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care MPP for London North Centre Incumbent Assumed office  2003 Preceded by Dianne Cunningham Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Incumbent Assumed office  October 7, 2009 Preceded by David Caplan Born 1953 London, Ontario Political party Liberal Residence London Deborah Drake Matthews, Ph.D. (born 1953 in London, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of London North Centre for the Ontario Liberal Party, and is currently the province's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Contents 1 Family life 2 Background 2.1 Work history 2.2 Community involvement 2.3 Education 3 Politics 4 Electoral record 5 References 6 External links Family life Matthews has extensive family connections to both the Liberal and Progressive Conservative parties. Her father, Don Matthews, was once president of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Her mother, Joyce Eleanor Matthews (née Drake) is a social activist particularly through her literacy work with Frontier College. Her first husband, Robbie Nash, is a successful investment adviser for National Bank Financial in London. Matthews's second husband, Bruce McCaffrey (who died in 2002), was once a provincial Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), and a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. She is also the sister-in-law of former Ontario Premier David Peterson, whose brother Tim Peterson was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Mississauga South and whose other brother Jim Peterson was the MP for Willowdale. Matthews has three children and three grandchildren. Matthews was formerly known as Deborah Nash, using the surname of her first husband. Background Matthews was born in London North Centre. She studied at the University of Western Ontario. Work history Before entering politics, Matthews held a number of positions in various fields. She has experience in the business community, the construction industry, fundraising in the non-profit sector and teaching at the University of Western Ontario. Matthews was honoured twice on the University Students' Council Teaching Honour Roll at the University of Western Ontario. Community involvement Matthews is actively involved in numerous community activities in London. This includes Orchestra London and the Thames Valley Children's Centre. Matthews also served on the advisory boards for the Salvation Army and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and as board member and president of the Big Sisters of London. In 1995-96, Matthews served as the fundraising co-coordinator for the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of London. Education In 2006, Matthews earned her PhD in social demography at the University of Western Ontario. Her dissertation was entitled "Can Immigration Compensate for Below-Replacement Fertility?: The Consequences of the Unbalanced Settlement of Immigrants in Canadian Cities, 2001-2051."[1] Politics Matthews has been involved in the Liberal Party since 1975, when she helped run Peterson's campaign in the old riding of London Centre. She co-chaired the Liberal Party's provincial campaigns in the elections of 1987 and 1995. Matthews was elected as President of the Ontario Liberal Party in 2003 and held the post until resigning in late 2006. In the 2003 election, Matthews defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Dianne Cunningham by almost 7,000 votes. Her riding includes significant portions of the London Centre riding once represented by her brother-in-law. On October 23, 2003, she was appointed parliamentary assistant to Sandra Pupatello, Ontario's Minister of Community and Social Services. Matthews was Ontario's Minister of Children and Youth Services and Minister Responsible for Women's Issues from October 2007 to October 2009. She is also the chair of the Cabinet Committee on Poverty Reduction. On December 4, 2008, Matthews introduced Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy. The long-term reduction plan set a target to reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over 5 years. On October 7, 2009, Matthews was named Minister of Health and Long-Term Care to replace David Caplan.[2] Electoral record Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±%      Liberal Deb Matthews 21,669 46.7% +3.27%      Progressive Conservative Rob Alder 11,366 24.5% -4.42%      New Democrat Steve Holmes 7,667 16.5% -8.03%      Green Brett McKenzie 5,730 12.3% +10.62% Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±%      Liberal Deb Matthews 20,212 43.43% +22.54%      Progressive Conservative Dianne Cunningham 13,460 28.92% -11.29%      New Democrat Rebecca Coulter 11,414 24.53% -11.93%      Green Bronagh Joyce Morgan 780 1.68% +0.88%      Family Coalition Craig Smith 432 0.93% -0.09%      Freedom Lisa Turner 242 0.52% +0.18% References ^ http://www.debmatthews.ca/pdf/PhD_Thesis.pdf ^ Premier Announces Changes To Ontario Cabinet External links Deb Matthews' official MPP Site Deb Matthews' Ontario Liberal Party biography Legislative Assembly of Ontario biography Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty Cabinet Posts (2) Predecessor Office Successor David Caplan Minister of Health and Long-Term Care 2009- Incumbent Mary Anne Chambers Minister of Children and Youth Services 2007-2009 Laurel Broten Legislative Assembly of Ontario Preceded by Dianne Cunningham Member of Provincial Parliament for London North Centre 2003–Present Succeeded by Incumbent v · d · eCurrent members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 39th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Liberal McGuinty · Aggelonitis · Albanese · Arthurs · Balkissoon · Bartolucci · Bentley · Berardinetti · Best · Bradley · Broten · Brown · Brownell · Cansfield · Caplan · Carroll · Chan · Chiarelli · Colle · Craitor · Crozier · Delaney · Dhillon · Dickson · Dombrowsky · Duguid · Duncan · Flynn · Fonseca · Gerretsen · Gravelle · Hoskins · Hoy · Jaczek · Jeffrey · Johnson · Kular · Kwinter · Lalonde · Leal · Levac · Mangat · Matthews · Mauro · McMeekin · McNeely · Meilleur · Milloy · Mitchell · Moridi · Murray · Naqvi · Orazietti · Pendergast · Peters · Phillips · Pupatello · Qaadri · Ramal · Ramsay · Rinaldi · Ruprecht · Sandals · Sergio · Smith · Sorbara · Sousa · Takhar · Van Bommel · Wilkinson · Wynne · Zimmer Progressive Conservative Hudak · Arnott · Bailey · Barrett · Chudleigh · Clark · Dunlop · Elliott · Hardeman · Hillier · Jones · Klees · MacLeod · Martiniuk · Miller · Munro · Murdoch · O'Toole · Ouellette · Savoline · Shurman · Sterling · Wilson · Witmer · Yakabuski New Democrat Horwath · Bisson · DiNovo · Gélinas · Hampton · Kormos · Marchese · Miller · Prue · Tabuns Persondata Name Matthews, Deb Alternative names Short description Date of birth 1953 Place of birth London, Ontario Date of death Place of death