Deborah Drake Matthews is a former Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018.

"[2] In the 2003 election, Matthews defeated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Dianne Cunningham by almost 7,000 votes.

The long-term reduction plan set a target to reduce the number of children living in poverty by 25 per cent over 5 years Matthews was re-elected in the 2011 election,[6] and was re-appointed as health minister on October 20, 2011.

In response to the revelations at Ornge, Matthews announced an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation.

[11][12] On June 13, 2016, she retained her position as deputy premier and was also appointed as minister of advanced education and skills development.