Monica Ciriello

Monica Ciriello MPP is a Canadian politician who is the MPP for Hamilton Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, following the 2025 Ontario general election. She is a Progressive Conservative (PC). She is the first PC candidate to win the seat since Trevor Pettit, who held it from 1995 to 1999.^[1] She previously worked as the Director of Municipal Law and Licensing for the City of Hamilton.^[2]

Monica Ciriello MPP
Ciriello in 2025
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2025
Preceded by	Monique Taylor
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Alma mater	Western University (BA) University of Windsor (MA) University of Michigan (MPP)
Profession	Lawyer

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Hamilton Mountain
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Monica Ciriello	13,948	36.16	+6.16
	Liberal	Dawn Danko	11,933	30.93	+15.36
	New Democratic	Kojo Damptey	10,037	26.02	–18.79
	Green	Joshua Czerniga	1,544	4.00	–1.62
	New Blue	Layla Marie-Angela Protopapa	392	1.02	–1.25
	None of the Above	Dan Preston	278	0.72	N/A
	Independent	Ejaz Butt	267	0.69	N/A
	Ontario Party	Bing Wong	178	0.46	–1.27
Total valid votes			38,578	99.42	±0.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			225	0.58	±0.0
Turnout			38,803	46.14	+4.65
Eligible voters			84,106
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		−4.60
Source: Elections Ontario[3][4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Hamilton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Matthew Green	20,368	46.16	+0.60	$71,015.33
	Liberal	Jasper Kujavsky	12,651	28.67	-4.72	$79,469.65
	Conservative	Monica Ciriello	6,341	14.37	-0.28	$13,186.90
	Green	Jason Lopez	3,370	7.64	+3.31	none listed
	People's	Melina Mamone	833	1.89	–	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Gary Duyzer	182	0.41	–	none listed
	Independent	Tony Lemma	158	0.36	–	$2,716.24
	Independent	Edward Graydon	134	0.30	–	none listed
	Independent	Nathalie Xian Yi Yan	85	0.19	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,122	99.09
Total rejected ballots			405	0.91	+0.26
Turnout			44,527	59.08	-0.34
Eligible voters			75,371
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+2.66
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]