Ontario’s health minister and deputy premier says she is not seeking re-election for the upcoming provincial election.

Christine Elliott made the official announcement on Friday, almost three months before the election on June 2.

“After considerable reflection and discussion with my family, it is with deep gratitude for my 16 years in public life that I recently shared with Premier Ford I will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming provincial contest in June,” Elliott said in a statement.

Ford also thanked Elliott for her service calling her more than a colleague and a close personal friend for decades.

Elliott has served as the government’s health minister since Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives took office in 2018. She represents the riding of Newmarket-Aurora.

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