Monica Ciriello

• Western University (BA)
• University of Windsor (MA)
• University of Michigan (MPP)

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

Monica Ciriello 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]

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election : Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Monica Ciriello	13,948	36.16	+6.16
	Liberal	Dawn Danko	11,933	30.93	+15.36
	New Democratic	Kojo Damptey	10,037	26.02	–18.79
	Green	Joshua Czerniga	1,544	4.00	–1.62
	New Blue	Layla Marie-Angela Protopapa	392	1.02	–1.25
	None of the Above	Dan Preston	278	0.72	N/A
	Independent	Ejaz Butt	267	0.69	N/A
	Ontario Party	Bing Wong	178	0.46	–1.27
Total valid votes			38,578	99.42	±0.0
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.