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Kathleen O'Day Wynne (born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian politician and the 25th Premier of Ontario. In office since 2013, she is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Don Valley West for the Liberal Party. She is the first female premier of Ontario, the first openly gay head of government in Canada, and the first openly gay head of government in the English-speaking world. She was Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Aboriginal Affairs until resigning to run as a leadership candidate. ==Background== Wynne was born in Toronto to Dr. John B. Wynne and Patsy O'Day, a musician who grew up in Nassau, the Bahamas before immigrating to Canada.〔http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/06/08/kathleen_wynne_cool_despite_dalton_mcguintys_dark_cloud.html〕 Wynne grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Queen's University and a Master of Arts degree in linguistics from the University of Toronto. She achieved a Master of Education degree in adult education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto). She was a member of the discipline committee of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists from 1997 to 2000. Wynne served as president of the ''Toronto Institute of Human Relations''. In 1996, she helped found Citizens for Local Democracy, which opposed the efforts of Ontario's Progressive Conservative government to amalgamate the City of Toronto. She founded the Metro Parent Network (now the Toronto Parent Network) which supports improvements in the province's public education system, and has participated in numerous other community endeavours. Prior to her coming out as a lesbian at age 37〔 she was married to Phil Cowperthwaite, with whom she had three children. She now lives with her second spouse, Jane Rounthwaite, whom Wynne has stated is to be referred to as her "partner" (rather than "wife").〔 They were married in July 2005 at Fairlawn Avenue United Church in Toronto. Wynne is a member of the United Church of Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fairlawnavenueunited.ca/Community_Life/Fall_2007.pdf )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathleen Wynne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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