Sam Oosterhoff

The Honourable
Sam Oosterhoff
MPP
Oosterhoff in 2017
Associate Minister of Energy Intensive-Industries
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 6, 2024
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byRiding established
ConstituencyNiagara West
In office
November 17, 2016 – May 9, 2018
Preceded byTim Hudak
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
ConstituencyNiagara West—Glanbrook
Personal details
Born (1997-08-22) August 22, 1997 (age 27)[1]
Vineland, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse
Keri Nicole Ludwig
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(m. 2019)​
Children1
Residence(s)Vineland, Ontario, Canada
EducationBrock University (currently enrolled)
Websitesamoosterhoffmpp.ca

Samuel Earl Oosterhoff[2] (/ɒstɛrhɒff/OSTERHOFF born August 22, 1997) is a Canadian politician. Oosterhoff is currently the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding of Niagara West and currently the Associate Minister of Energy and intensive Industries. Oosterhoff is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario and was first elected at the age of 19 in a November 2016 byelection, the youngest Ontario MPP to ever be elected.[3] The previous record was held by Reid Scott who was elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP in 1948 at the age of 21.[4]

  1. ^ Allison Jones [@allisonjones_cp] (August 23, 2017). "Sam, it was your birthday yesterday? Officially no longer a teen Tory??" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Leslie, Keith (November 17, 2016). "Ontario byelection results: PC candidate Sam Oosterhoff, 19, becomes youngest ever elected to legislature". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Paikin, Steve (November 18, 2016). "Two byelections offer little clarity for provincial parties". TVO. Retrieved December 1, 2016.