Gordon Prentice at Large - Politics in Newmarket
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Late last month Dawn Gallagher Murphy’s former office manager, Teena Bogner, settled her action at the Ontario Labour Relations Board against the tyrannical MPP for Newmarket-Aurora. (Photo right)
Bogner’s complaint was due to come up before the Board next Wednesday (25 February), just two days before the Provincial Election.
On 28 January 2025 I asked Teena Bogner for details of the settlement. She told me:
“The terms of a settlement agreement are private and confidential. I have not provided any information or documentation to Newmarket Today, with the exception of a statement: “The matter has been resolved to my full satisfaction”.
I am unable to comment or provide additional information.”
Plainly, the settlement involved a non-disclosure agreement.
Holding Abusers to Account
On 22 November 2023 in a debate in the Legislature on Bill 149 (Working for Workers Four Act) Gallagher Murphy said:
“…to help end workplace misconduct and hold abusers to account, our government is proposing to conduct consultations and detailed analysis on the use of non-disclosure agreements—NDAs—in the settlement of cases of workplace sexual harassment, misconduct or violence. The consultation would identify legislative options to restrict the use of NDAs while protecting the rights of victims and survivors.
Ninety-four per cent of Canadian Bar Association members recently voted in favour of discouraging the widespread use of NDAs in settlement of cases of harassment and discrimination.”
Gallagher Murphy airily continues:
“There are concerns within the legal and survivor communities about the adverse impact of using NDAs. Signing an NDA could prevent survivors from talking about their experience and protect perpetrators unjustifiably. However, prohibiting or limiting NDAs could be a disincentive to settlement, forcing more matters of this nature to litigation. Consultation with the legal community, survivors and employers would support a more complete assessment of risk and benefits.”
Protecting the Perpetrator
I agree with Gallagher Murphy. The fact that Bogner signed an NDA with her abuser, Gallagher Murphy, has prevented Bogner from speaking out. And Bogner’s silence is protecting the perpetrator.
I am pretty sure money changed hands but Bogner has zipped up her lips, saying nothing. She has told me to leave her alone.
If Gallagher Murphy paid Bogner for her silence (and that's a reasonable assumption to make) it was a smart move by the MPP. A confession of guilt would have blown a hole in Gallagher Murphy's campaign for re-election.
Proof
Gallagher Murphy is a racist bully and hypocrite – as assessed by her own former employees. All eleven of them.
The proof is staring us in the face.
No wonder Gallagher Murphy avoids election debates like the plague.
She would never survive an encounter with Chris Ballard.
See also: From the Canadian Bar Association: the misuse of non-disclosure agreements
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Projections from the polling organisation Mainstreet Research continue to put the racist bully Dawn Gallagher Murphy way ahead of her main challenger Chris Ballard.
But Ballard has recovered support as the NDP and Green vote is squeezed.
Neither the NDP nor the Greens can win in Newmarket-Aurora.
The New Blue Party - to the right of Ford's PCs - will take votes from Gallagher Murphy. In the 2022 election the New Blue candidate got 1,520 votes (3.6%).
The vanity candidate Yuri Duboisky from the Moderate Party is running again. Last time he got 118 votes.
Low turnout
Gallagher Murphy will be hoping for another low turnout. The 2022 election had the lowest turnout in Ontario's history.
The Progressive Conservatives are more efficient at getting out their vote - it is older and more affluent.
And the PCs in Newmarket-Aurora do much of their campaigning under the radar such as providing free meals for targeted demographics.
In the 2022 election Dawn Gallagher Murphy splashed out an eye watering $122,025 on campaign expenses more than double the next highest spender.
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The Polling organisations all agree that Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are well ahead of the other parties with less than a week to go to the election. 
I’ve been following Mainstreet Research who project a PC win here in Newmarket-Aurora. Their latest analysis is derived from a survey of 1,243 adults, 18 years or older, living in Ontario.
“The survey is intended to represent the voting population in Ontario.”
Mainstreet asked the respondents how likely they were to vote in the upcoming Ontario election.
A staggering 82% said they were certain to vote. And 10% said they were likely to vote.
If this is indeed the case it will be a huge turnaround from June 2022 when Ontario had its lowest election turnout ever.
That said, polling organisations deliver results. Otherwise they would be out of business.
Extraordinary
But can Ontario-wide surveys capture local opinion in individual ridings where extraordinary things are happening?
What about the latest revelations about Dawn Gallagher Murphy in Newmarket-Aurora?
The incumbent is being denounced by no fewer than eleven former employees who accuse her of bullying, harassment and racism.
I have never seen anything like it.
She is by their own account foul-mouthed and blasphemous. She spends taxpayers’ money on shameless self-promotion.
She refuses to attend debates with the other candidates.
Irony and self-awareness
In her first speech in the Chamber at Queen’s Park on 10 August 2022 she congratulated all the other members present. Without a hint of irony she said:
“Congratulations to you all! Putting your name forward on a ballot, going through the election process and receiving the support of your family, friends and volunteers is truly a unique experience, one I believe is a test of our dedication and commitment to our communities. Bravo to all of you for your strength, both mentally and physically. Well done!”
And this was from someone who in 2022 boycotted all election debates. And now in 2025 she has done it again!
Clearly, Gallagher Murphy does not consider debates with other candidates part of the “election process”.
Chris Ballard has challenged her to a one-on-one debate but she ignores him rather than jumping at the opportunity to defend her record and make her case.
No need to engage
She has made the calculation she doesn’t need to engage with the other candidates. She has identified her support, micro-targets her voters, lavishes money on them, plays to their agendas and gets them to the polling stations.
338Canada has Newmarket-Aurora down as a “likely” PC hold with the Liberals being given a less than 5% chance of winning.
The pollster Eric Grenier characterises “safe” seats as ridings where a party has a very high likelihood of winning the seat. He says:
“Only an enormous error in the polls, the projection model or a very powerful local dynamic would result in another party winning the riding.”
Parapet
We need to see more of Gallagher Murphy’s former employees stick their heads above the parapet and speak out, not anonymously, but as named individuals.
We shall see soon enough if there is a powerful local dynamic in play here in Newmarket-Aurora.
Or do we have to suffer this fraud for another four years?
