Street job to seek the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. She lost to Kathleen Wynne who subsequently asked her to become Minister of Finance in her first cabinet; Pupatello declined in favour of returning to the private sector. Hydro One The provincial government appointed Pupatello to the board of Hydro One, the province's largest electricity company, in November 2013 and subsequently appointed her chair effective April 2014. She was succeeded as chair by David F. Denison on April 16, 2015, but remained on the Hydro One board of directors. Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation In May 2013, Pupatello was named CEO of the municipally owned Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation and occupied that position in addition to her old position at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She resigned in July 2015, despite having two years left in her contract, after months of criticism from some Windsor city councillors who grilled Pupatello over the WEEDC's failure to create jobs in the region. Federal politics Pupatello supported Paul Martin's bid to succeed Jean Chrétien as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. She also supported Michael Ignatieff's bid for the party leadership in 2006. In 2015, there was speculation that she may run for the federal Liberals in Windsor West in the October 2015 federal election and attempt to unseat NDP incumbent Brian Masse but that didn't eventuate. Pupatello announced in August 2019 that she was seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Windsor West in the 2019 Canadian federal election. She won the nomination and attempted to unseat incumbent New Democratic Party MP Brian Masse, coming second to him. Table of offices held Electoral record Federal Provincial All electoral information is taken from Elections Ontario. The expenditure figures cited on this page for all elections after 1995 are the Total Candidate's Campaign Expenses Subject to Limitation, and include transfers from constituency associations. References Notes Citations External links 1962 births Canadian people of Italian descent Women government ministers of Canada Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Politicians from Windsor, Ontario University of Windsor alumni Women MPPs in Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians