Past Speaker - Hon Faisal Hassan

Faisal Hassan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2018. He represents the riding of York South—Weston as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. Hassan is originally from Somalia. He emigrated to Canada in 1990, first settling in Winnipeg.

As at 2016, Faisal was the Special Assistant to the Leader of the NDP- Official Caucus. He served as Constituent Assistant to several MPPs.
He is now part of Ontario’s first ever Black Caucus, alongside NDP caucus colleagues in the Parliament He has a Bachelors of Arts from University of Winnipeg.