Monica Ciriello

• Western University (BA)
• University of Windsor (MA)
• University of Michigan (MPP)
• University of Detroit Mercy (JD

Monica Ciriello MPP
Ciriello in 2025
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2025
Profession	Lawyer

Monica Ciriello MPP is a Canadian politician, currently serving as the MPP for Hamilton Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She was elected in the 2025 Ontario general election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Early life, education and early career

Ciriello was born in London, Ontario. Her father, Dr. John Ciriello, was a professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Western University.

Ciriello earned a BA in Political Science from Western and a MA in the same field from the University of Windsor. During her studies, Ciriello was active with campus Conservative organizations. ^[1]

While studying law in the United States, Ciriello met her future husband, Greg. Ciriello credits her spouse with inspiring her to focus on municipal planning law. ^[1]

After returning to Canada, Ciriello worked as a solicitor for the City of Windsor and, later, for the City of Hamilton. In 2018, she entered the private sector before returning to the City of Hamilton as Director of Bylaw and Licencing in 2019. ^[1]

Ciriello has previously worked with the conservative think-tank, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and participated in podcasts for the local affairs magazine Municipal World. ^{[1] [2]}

Political career

Ciriello stood as the Conservative Party's candidate in Hamilton Centre in 2019. During the campaign, Ciriello campaigned against federal carbon pricing and gun control, and as "pro-pipeline" and tough-on-crime. Ciriello was critiqued during the campaign for living outside of the riding. She placed third with just over 14% of the vote. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Ciriello was named as the Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate on Hamilton Mountain just prior to the snap 2025 provincial election. Like most Ontario PC candidates, Ciriello did not participate in local debates during the campaign. Her campaign told the Hamilton Spectator that she was not aware of the all-candidates debate hosted by local media. ^{[6] [7]}

On election night, Ciriello captured just over 36% of the vote, beating her nearest rival, school trustee Dawn Danko of the Ontario Liberals by 2,000 votes. In winning, Ciriello became the first PC candidate to win the seat since Trevor Pettit, who held it from 1995 to 1999 during the government of Mike Harris. ^[8]

In 2025 she was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Attorney General by Doug Ford.

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election : Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Monica Ciriello	13,948	36.16	+6.16	$75,486
	Liberal	Dawn Danko	11,933	30.93	+15.36	$57,529
	New Democratic	Kojo Damptey	10,037	26.02	–18.79	$62,639
	Green	Joshua Czerniga	1,544	4.00	–1.62	$525
	New Blue	Layla Marie-Angela Protopapa	392	1.02	–1.25	$0
	None of the Above	Dan Preston	278	0.72	N/A	$0
	Independent	Ejaz Butt	267	0.69	N/A	$2,191
	Ontario Party	Bing Wong	178	0.46	–1.27	$565
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,578	99.42	±0.0	$135,739
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			225	0.58	±0.0
Turnout			38,803	46.14	+4.65
Eligible voters			84,106
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		−4.60
Source: Elections Ontario [9] [10]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Hamilton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Green	20,368	46.16	+0.60	$71,015.33
	Liberal	Jasper Kujavsky	12,651	28.67	-4.72	$79,469.65
	Conservative	Monica Ciriello	6,341	14.37	-0.28	$13,186.90
	Green	Jason Lopez	3,370	7.64	+3.31	none listed
	People's	Melina Mamone	833	1.89	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Gary Duyzer	182	0.41	–	none listed
	Independent	Tony Lemma	158	0.36	–	$2,716.24
	Independent	Edward Graydon	134	0.30	–	none listed
	Independent	Nathalie Xian Yi Yan	85	0.19	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,122	99.09
Total rejected ballots			405	0.91	+0.26
Turnout			44,527	59.08	-0.34
Eligible voters			75,371
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.66
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]

References

1. Wells, Jon (5 March 2025). "Rookie MPP revels in pulling off 'unthinkable' PC win on Hamilton Mountain". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025.
2. "Today's Top Issues in Municipal Law". February 2025.
3. Werner, Kevin (7 October 2019). "Hamilton Centre's crime prompt Conservative's Monica Ciriello and NDP's Matthew Green to face off during debate". Stoney Creek News. Archived from the original on 4 December 2025.
4. Moro, Teviah (9 October 2019). "Candidates face off in wide-open Hamilton Centre". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 4 December 2025.
5. Moro, Teviah (22 October 2019). "Green keeps Hamilton's urban heartland NDP orange". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 4 December 2025.
6. Radley, Scott (20 February 2025). "No-show Progressive Conservative candidates spur criticism at Hamilton election debates". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025.
7. Bron, Sebastian (21 February 2025). "Hamilton Mountain election race gets 'personal' as parties battle for city's only open seat". Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025.
8. Bron, Sebastian (27 February 2025). "Monica Ciriello wins open Hamilton Mountain seat for Tories". The Hamilton Spectator . Retrieved 28 February 2025.
9. "Hamilton Mountain Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
10. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
11. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
12. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2021.