Linda Jeffrey

Linda Jeffery
Jeffery in 2017
50th Mayor of Brampton
In office
December 1, 2014 – December 1, 2018
Preceded bySusan Fennell
Succeeded byPatrick Brown
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
In office
2007–2014
Preceded byNew riding
Succeeded byHarinder Malhi
ConstituencyBrampton-Springdale
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byJoe Spina
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyBrampton Centre
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyIndependent (since 2014)
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative (2002-2003)
Liberal (2003-2014)
SpouseJohn Jeffrey
Children3
Residence(s)Brampton, Ontario

Linda Jeffrey (born c. 1958 née Linda Rooney) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. From 2003 to 2014 she was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Brampton Centre and then Brampton—Springdale. She served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. On March 25, 2014, she resigned from the legislature to run for Mayor of Brampton, and was elected on October 27, 2014. On 22 October 2018, Jeffrey was narrowly defeated in the mayoral race by former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown.