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 who is the MPP for Hamilton Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, following the 2025 Ontario general election. She is a Progressive Conservative (PC). She is the first PC candidate to win the seat since Trevor Pettit, who held it from 1995 to 1999. ^[1] She previously worked as the Director of Municipal Law and Licensing for the City of Hamilton. ^[2] Monica Cirello resides in Ancaster.

In the 2019 Ontario General Election, Monica Cirello ran in Hamilton Centre as a PC candidate. She received the lowest proportion of votes for a PC candidate in the history of the riding.

Monica Cirello was dropped in as the PC candidate for Hamilton Mountain in 2025. After vote splitting between the Liberal and NDP candidates, Monica Cirello won the seat with the lowest vote totals since the 1985 Ontario general election.

Despite no relevant political or work experience, 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 [3] [4]

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 [5] [6]

References

1. Bron, Sebastian (27 February 2025). "Monica Ciriello wins open Hamilton Mountain seat for Tories". The Hamilton Spectator . Retrieved 28 February 2025.
2. "Monica Ciriello". McMaster University.
3. "Hamilton Mountain Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
4. "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 14, 2021.