Jennifer McKelvie
Jennifer McKelvie | |
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McKelvie in 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament for Ajax | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Holland |
| Deputy Mayor of Toronto for Scarborough | |
| In office August 10, 2023 – May 9, 2025 | |
| Mayor | Olivia Chow |
| Preceded by | Michael Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Paul Ainslie |
| Statutory Deputy Mayor of Toronto | |
| In office November 16, 2022 – August 10, 2023 | |
| Mayor | John Tory Olivia Chow |
| Preceded by | Denzil Minnan-Wong |
| Succeeded by | Ausma Malik |
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park | |
| In office December 1, 2018 – May 9, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ward established |
| Succeeded by | Neethan Shan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jennifer Gray 1977 (age 48–49) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (municipal) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Website | www |
Jennifer McKelvie (née Gray; born 1977) is a Canadian politician and geoscientist who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Ajax since 2025. McKelvie was the deputy mayor of Toronto from 2022 to 2025, representing Scarborough and was the Toronto city councillor for Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park from 2018 to 2025. She resigned from council shortly after she was elected to Parliament.
In the 2014 Toronto municipal election, she was a candidate in the now defunct Ward 44, and came within less than 600 votes of defeating then long-time incumbent Ron Moeser. As the statutory deputy mayor, McKelvie assumed certain mayoral powers following the resignation of John Tory on February 17, 2023, and remained the highest-ranking official in the city until the swearing-in of Olivia Chow as mayor on July 12, 2023, following the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election. Under Chow, McKelvie continued in her role as deputy mayor, serving in an honorary capacity and representing Scarborough. She resigned as a city councillor after her election as an MP in May 2025.