2007, she announced that she would not be running for re-election to the Ontario Legislature. In 2015, she was made a member of the Order of Ontario. On May 17, 2015, she spoke in support of the nomination of NDP candidate Adaoma Patterson for Brampton West. Cabinet positions Electoral record References External links 1950 births Black Canadian politicians Women government ministers of Canada Jamaican emigrants to Canada Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Members of the Order of Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs University of Toronto alumni Women MPPs in Ontario Black Canadian women Black Canadian businesspeople 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians