{"id":31430,"date":"2022-06-09T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31430"},"modified":"2022-06-16T19:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:27:24","slug":"election-night-sees-dawn-of-a-new-day-for-newmarket-aurora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/election-night-sees-dawn-of-a-new-day-for-newmarket-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"Election night sees \u201cDawn of a new day\u201d for Newmarket-Aurora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s the \u201cDawn\u201d of a new day for Newmarket-Aurora MPP-elect Dawn Gallagher Murphy, who couldn\u2019t resist the pun as she celebrated victory on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Gallagher Murphy, an Aurora resident, secured the win in June 2\u2019s municipal election against challengers Dr. Sylvain Roy of the Liberal Party, Denis Heng of the NDP, and Carolina Rodriguez of the Green Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She succeeds outgoing Health Minister and Deputy Premier Christine Elliott, for whom Ms. Gallagher Murphy served as office manager for the last four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTonight, families chose to elect a representative who knows our community and will champion the causes that mean the most to us,\u201d the MPP-elect told supporters at her campaign office shortly after the numbers became clear. \u201cI am deeply honoured to have been given this opportunity to serve you at Queen\u2019s Park. As I have said throughout the campaign, the Ontario PCs will get it done. I will get it done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first got into politics I did so to make a difference in our community. I started as Christine Elliott\u2019s Office Manager but I always knew that eventually I wanted to run to represent the very community that has given me so much. Newmarket-Aurora is my home. It is where I work, it is where I raise my family [and] I am determined to make things better for others today and for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of the campaign, Ms. Gallagher Murphy said she met with \u201cliterally thousands of families\u201d and worked hard \u201cto earn your trust and your vote.\u201d It was an experience she said was \u201cunlike anything else\u201d and the \u201ctoughest job interview she has ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[It\u2019s one] you can\u2019t actually understand until you\u2019re out there knocking on doors and talking to the people you hope to represent,\u201d she continued. \u201cThank you for your support and for trusting me with this incredible and unique responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As MPP, Ms. Gallagher Murphy said she wanted to build on the \u201cstrong foundation\u201d built by Ms. Elliott and vowed to work with community members and non-profits to \u201cmake sure that Newmarket-Aurora is the best place to live and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will focus on the expansion of our local Southlake Regional Health Centre so we can look forward to a two-site hospital system that will serve our ever-growing community. We\u2019re going to make sure that families have access to high quality care that we need right here closer to home. I will continue to work with our local businesses to rebuild our community, to rebuild our economy and see our local economy prosper. If they prosper our entire community will prosper. I am looking forward to seeing the new elementary school being built in Aurora. We will watch that school be built brick by brick and take pride in knowing our children have a bright future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor the past few years, I have been supporting the important work in our community and the fight against discrimination. Diversity is part of what makes our community so special and I will continue to build a more equitable Newmarket-Aurora. No matter where you were from or what language you speak, I will be there for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her speech, Ms. Gallagher Murphy said the win still seemed \u201cso surreal\u201d and \u201coverwhelming.\u201d Helping to secure the win, she added, was the message put forward by the Progressive Conservatives on \u201cbuilding Ontario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was knocking at the doors and I [told] them, \u2018Our message is all about critical infrastructure, economic recovery, about keeping costs down, about our healthcare system, a plan to stay open which meant [looking at] our healthcare system and building it right here. I always brought everything back to right here in our riding and people could see how much I knew and understood our community, what has been happening in our community, and that resonated with people. How do I feel? I am ecstatic that people voted for me because they heard how much love and passion I have for my community and I am going to be the one to get it done in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, while 44.9 per cent of the vote was enough to secure the win in Newmarket-Aurora, there is still work to do to bridge divides in an increasingly fractured political environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me, what is important is listening to people and I think that is what I have been doing over this election: really listening to people, hearing what their concerns were,\u201d said Ms. Gallagher Murphy. \u201cI didn\u2019t have answers for everything but there were some people where I said, \u2018I take that to heart. Let me look into it,\u2019 and those are the things I will do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo me, what our residents want is an MPP who will sit down and listen to them, understand what their concerns are, and then let me take it from there because I am a person who will get it done. I have always told people I can\u2019t commit to everything but what I can do is ensure I look into things and see what\u2019s feasible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
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