Christine Elliott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a byelection on March 30, 2006. The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A member of the Progressive Conservatives, she was elected in the Whitby—Ajax electoral district over Judi Longfield who was running as the provincial Liberal candidate. The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Whitby—Ajax is a provincial and a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003 and in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999. ... The Honourable Judi Longfield (born March 23, 1947 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. ... The Ontario Liberal Party is a center-right provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ...

Elliott is the wife of Jim Flaherty, Whitby—Ajax's former MPP who resigned from the Legislature to contest the seat in the 2006 federal election. Flaherty won the federal election and is currently the federal Minister of Finance. This is the first time in Canadian history that a husband and wife have simultaneously represented the same electoral district at two different levels of government. James Michael Jim Flaherty, B.A., LL.B. (born December 30, 1949) is Canadas Minister of Finance. ... The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Minister of Finance is one of the most important positions in the Cabinet of Canada. ...

Elliott, a lawyer, was educated at the University of Western Ontario. Prior to her election, she practiced corporate, real estate and estates law in Whitby. A lawyer is a person who advises clients in legal matters and represents them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ... The University of Western Ontario is a public, non-denominational university located in London, Ontario, Canada. ... Estate may have a number of meanings: Estate is a term used in common law to signify the total of a persons property, entitlements and obligations. ... Whitby (2004 population 110,000) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. ...