Lorne Earle Coe (born ) is a politician in

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, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the

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who represents the riding of

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and was first elected in a

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held on 11 February 2016. Coe was elected with 52% of the vote compared to 28% for his closest rival, Elizabeth Roy of the

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. Coe served on Whitby Town Council for 13 years, first as a town councillor and as a regional councillor from 2010 until his election to the provincial legislature in 2016. In January 2018, after party leader Patrick Brown stepped down and was replaced by

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, Coe replaced Brown as the party's education critic. Prior to entering politics, Coe had worked in both the private sector and for several ministries in the provincial government. Since November of 2018, he has served as the Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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1950 births Living people People from Whitby, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Ontario municipal councillors 21st-century Canadian politicians {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub