Jill Dunlop

Jill Dunlop is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of emergency preparedness and response since 2025. Dunlop has represented the Progressive [Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative (PC) Party] in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2018 as the Member of [Provincial Parliament (Canada)|member of Provincial Parliament] for Simcoe North. She was previously the province's associate minister of children and women's issues from 2019 to 2021, Minister of [Colleges and Universities (Ontario)|minister of colleges and universities] from 2021 to 2024 and Ministry [of Education (Ontario)|minister of education] from 2024 to 2025.

Personal life

She was born and raised in the rural town of Coldwater, Ontario. She is the daughter of Jane Dunlop, former deputy mayor of Severn, Ontario and Garfield Dunlop, who represented the same electoral district from 1999 to 2015.

Political career

Dunlop was elected as a MPP in 2018. She was appointed as the associate minister of children and women's issues in 2019, before becoming the minister of colleges and universities in 2021. She was appointed to her current position as minister of education in 2024. She was appointed as the first minister of emergency preparedness and response in 2025.