Nolan Quinn

Nolan Quinn MPP (born June 3, 1983)^[1] is a Canadian politician, who serves as the Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities since August 16, 2024.^[2] He was previously Associate Minister of Forestry.^[3] Quinn was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election representing the riding of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.^[1]

The Honourable Nolan Quinn ECO MPP
Quinn in 2024
Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security
Incumbent
Assumed office August 16, 2024
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Jill Dunlop
Associate Minister of Forestry
In office June 6, 2024 – August 16, 2024
Succeeded by	Kevin Holland
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2, 2022
Preceded by	Jim McDonell
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Nolan Quinn	23,221	62.03	+4.53
	Liberal	Devon Monkhouse	7,254	19.11	+1.23
	New Democratic	Jeremy Rose	4,726	12.38	-1.42
	Green	Nicholas Lapierre	980	2.52	-1.57
	New Blue	Stefan Kohut	818	2.11	-2.15
	Ontario Party	Brigitte Sugrue	715	1.85	-0.62
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,443	99.25	–0.16
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			290	0.75	+0.16
Turnout			38,733
Eligible voters
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.65
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Nolan Quinn	20,766	57.50	−4.01	$84,981
	Liberal	Kirsten J. Gardner	6,458	17.88	+5.51	$24,320
	New Democratic	Wendy Stephen	4,982	13.80	−7.83	$16,486
	New Blue	Claude Tardif	1,538	4.26		$8,380
	Green	Jacqueline Milner	1,477	4.09	+0.42	$6,901
	Ontario Party	Remi Tremblay	893	2.47		$6,290
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,114	99.41	+0.48	$122,485
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			214	0.59	-0.48
Turnout			36,328	41.63	-12.47
Eligible voters			87,489
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−4.76
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.