Hon. Margarett Best
MPP for Scarborough—Guildwood
Incumbent
Assumed office  October 10, 2007
Preceded by	riding established
Minister of Health Promotion
Incumbent
Assumed office  October 30, 2007
Preceded by	Jim Watson
Born	1958 (1958) May Pen, Jamaica
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Toronto
Occupation	Lawyer

Margarett Best (born 1958 in May Pen, Jamaica) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the riding of Scarborough—Guildwood. She is a member of the Liberal Party.

Best, a lawyer and community activist, was born in Jamaica. She was educated at the University of Toronto at Scarborough and Osgoode Hall.

She was appointed the Minister of Health Promotion after the 2007 election.

[edit] Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Margarett Best	14,413	42.48	N/A
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Grant	9,484	27.95	N/A
	New Democrat	Neethan Shan	7,442	21.93	N/A
	Green	Glenn Kitchen	1,812	5.34	N/A
	Libertarian	Sam Apelbaum	487	1.44	N/A
	Family Coalition	Daniel Carvalho	290	0.85	N/A

[edit] External links

• Margarett Best official MPP Site
• Margarett Best profile at Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Margarett Best Liberal party of Ontario biography

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