Brad Duguid
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Brad Duguid is a politician in Ontario
, Canada
. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
, representing the riding
of Scarborough Centre
and is the province's Minister of Economic Development and Innovation
in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty
for the Ontario Liberal Party
.
Before seeking elected office, Duguid worked in government services at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, serving as executive assistant to both Ontario MPP Frank Faubert
and Members of Parliament
(MPs) Catherine Callbeck
and Derek Lee.
In 1994, he was elected as a city councillor for the suburban municipality of Scarborough
. In the elections of 1997
and 2000
, he was elected as a councillor in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto
. During his time in municipal government, Duguid was known for his work on community safety issues and affordable housing. He drafted a crime-prevention strategy for Toronto in 1999, and was a founder of the "Scarborough Community Safety Council", the "Scarborough Community Safety Audit Program" and the "Business Crime Prevention Seminar Program". He was also known as a supporter of then-Mayor of Toronto, Mel Lastman
. In the 2003 election
, Duguid supported John Tory
over David Miller for Mayor of Toronto, ironically Tory would later become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
On May 1, 2003, Duguid was appointed by Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty
as the party's candidate for Scarborough Centre in the upcoming provincial election
. This upset many in the local party association, as Ontario general election, 1999
candidate Costas Manios
was widely expected to win the nomination again. Manios decided to run against Duguid as an Independent (essentially campaigning as an "Independent Liberal"), and many believed he would deny Duguid victory by splitting the Liberal vote. Instead, the provincial trend overrode local factors—Duguid defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative
Marilyn Mushinski
by over 10,000 votes, while Manios finished fourth, behind Michael Laxer of the Ontario New Democratic Party
.
On October 23, 2003, Duguid was appointed Parliamentary Assistant on urban issues to John Gerretsen
, the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. As such, he has often clashed with Mayor David Miller over allegations by the mayor that the province has reneged on funding promises to the city.
Following his re-election in 2007, Duguid was appointed Minister of Labour, where he ensured job protection for military reservists and improved health and safety in the workplace. He also saw the creation of the new Family Day holiday, allowing Ontario families to spend quality time together.
In a Cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008, Duguid was appointed as the province's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. As Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from 2008 to 2010, Duguid worked at building relationships through agreements with a number of First Nations and Métis organizations, including the framework to transfer Ipperwash Park to the Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation. Uniting two of his passions – youth outreach and hockey – Duguid also brought PLAY to First Nations’ youth, a project that provides hockey coaching, mentoring and, potentially, facilities to Aboriginal communities in the north. On January 18, 2010 he was appointed Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
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|Brad Duguid
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|align="right"|53.6
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|Sammy Appadurai
|align="right"|8,316
|align="right"|25.2
|align="right"|
|-
|Kathleen Mathurin
|align="right"|4,401
|align="right"|13.3
|align="right"|
|-
|Andrew Strachan
|align="right"|1,827
|align="right"|5.5
|align="right"|
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| Thomas Lang
|align="right"| 459
|align="right"| 1.4
|align="right"|
|-
| David Predovich
|align="right"| 349
|align="right"| 1.1
|align="right"|
|}
|-
|Brad Duguid
|align="right"|21,698
|align="right"|52.07
|align="right"|+17.54
|-
|Marilyn Mushinski
|align="right"|11,686
|align="right"|28.04
|align="right"|-15.08
|-
|Michael Laxer
|align="right"|3,653
|align="right"|8.77
|align="right"|-11.14
|-
|Costas Manios
|align="right"|3,259
|align="right"|7.82
|-
|Robert Carty
|align="right"|642
|align="right"|1.54
|-
|Joseph Internicola
|align="right"|495
|align="right"|1.19
|align="right"|-0.17
|-
|Elizabeth Rowley
|align="right"|241
|align="right"|0.58
|}
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
, representing the riding
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
of Scarborough Centre
Scarborough Centre (provincial electoral district)
Scarborough Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1963.It consists of the part of the Scarborough district of the City of Toronto bounded:...
and is the province's Minister of Economic Development and Innovation
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Ontario)
The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade in the Canadian province of Ontario is responsible for programs to attract and retain business and economic development in the province...
in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
for the Ontario Liberal Party
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
.
Before seeking elected office, Duguid worked in government services at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, serving as executive assistant to both Ontario MPP Frank Faubert
Frank Faubert
Frank J. Faubert was a Canadian provincial and municipal politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1987 to 1990, and was the final Mayor of Scarborough before its amalgamation into the City of Toronto...
and Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MPs) Catherine Callbeck
Catherine Callbeck
Catherine Sophia Callbeck is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Senate of Canada.She was the 28th Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 1996, the second female provincial premier in Canadian history, and the first to win a general election Catherine Sophia Callbeck (born July...
and Derek Lee.
In 1994, he was elected as a city councillor for the suburban municipality of Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
. In the elections of 1997
Toronto municipal election, 1997
The 1997 Toronto municipal election was the first election held for offices in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto, Canada. The elections were administered by the old City of Toronto and its five suburbs within Metropolitan Toronto...
and 2000
Toronto municipal election, 2000
The Toronto municipal election of 2000, dubbed "Toronto Vote 2000" was the municipal and school board election held in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000.Elections were held to elect:* the Mayor of Toronto,* councillors for each of Toronto's 44 wards,* trustees...
, he was elected as a councillor in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. During his time in municipal government, Duguid was known for his work on community safety issues and affordable housing. He drafted a crime-prevention strategy for Toronto in 1999, and was a founder of the "Scarborough Community Safety Council", the "Scarborough Community Safety Audit Program" and the "Business Crime Prevention Seminar Program". He was also known as a supporter of then-Mayor of Toronto, Mel Lastman
Mel Lastman
Melvin Douglas "Mel" Lastman , nicknamed "Mayor Mel", is a former businessman and politician. He is the founder of the Bad Boy Furniture chain. He served as the mayor of the former city of North York, Ontario, Canada from 1972 until 1997. At the end of 1997, North York, along with five other...
. In the 2003 election
Toronto municipal election, 2003
The Toronto municipal election of 2003 was held on November 10, 2003, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Toronto, 44 city councillors, and school board trustees.David Miller was elected mayor ....
, Duguid supported John Tory
John Tory
John Howard Tory is a Canadian businessman, political activist, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, former Member of Provincial Parliament and broadcaster...
over David Miller for Mayor of Toronto, ironically Tory would later become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
On May 1, 2003, Duguid was appointed by Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty
Dalton McGuinty
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP is a Canadian lawyer, politician and, since October 23, 2003, the 24th and current Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario....
as the party's candidate for Scarborough Centre in the upcoming provincial election
Ontario general election, 2003
The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
. This upset many in the local party association, as Ontario general election, 1999
Ontario general election, 1999
An Ontario general election was held on June 3, 1999, to elect members of the 37th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....
candidate Costas Manios
Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election
The Ontario Liberal Party ran a full slate of 103 candidates in the 1999 provincial election, and elected 35 Members of Provincial Parliament to form the official opposition in the provincial legislature...
was widely expected to win the nomination again. Manios decided to run against Duguid as an Independent (essentially campaigning as an "Independent Liberal"), and many believed he would deny Duguid victory by splitting the Liberal vote. Instead, the provincial trend overrode local factors—Duguid defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
Marilyn Mushinski
Marilyn Mushinski
Marilyn Mushinski is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister under Mike Harris.-Background:...
by over 10,000 votes, while Manios finished fourth, behind Michael Laxer of the Ontario New Democratic Party
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
.
On October 23, 2003, Duguid was appointed Parliamentary Assistant on urban issues to John Gerretsen
John Gerretsen
John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Minister in the Cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty.-Early life:...
, the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. As such, he has often clashed with Mayor David Miller over allegations by the mayor that the province has reneged on funding promises to the city.
Following his re-election in 2007, Duguid was appointed Minister of Labour, where he ensured job protection for military reservists and improved health and safety in the workplace. He also saw the creation of the new Family Day holiday, allowing Ontario families to spend quality time together.
In a Cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008, Duguid was appointed as the province's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. As Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from 2008 to 2010, Duguid worked at building relationships through agreements with a number of First Nations and Métis organizations, including the framework to transfer Ipperwash Park to the Kettle and Stoney Point First Nation. Uniting two of his passions – youth outreach and hockey – Duguid also brought PLAY to First Nations’ youth, a project that provides hockey coaching, mentoring and, potentially, facilities to Aboriginal communities in the north. On January 18, 2010 he was appointed Minister of Energy and Infrastructure.
Electoral record
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|Brad Duguid
|align="right"|17,714
|align="right"|53.6
|align="right"|
|-
|Sammy Appadurai
|align="right"|8,316
|align="right"|25.2
|align="right"|
|-
|Kathleen Mathurin
|align="right"|4,401
|align="right"|13.3
|align="right"|
|-
|Andrew Strachan
|align="right"|1,827
|align="right"|5.5
|align="right"|
|-
| Thomas Lang
|align="right"| 459
|align="right"| 1.4
|align="right"|
|-
| David Predovich
|align="right"| 349
|align="right"| 1.1
|align="right"|
|}
|-
|Brad Duguid
|align="right"|21,698
|align="right"|52.07
|align="right"|+17.54
|-
|Marilyn Mushinski
Marilyn Mushinski
Marilyn Mushinski is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister under Mike Harris.-Background:...
|align="right"|11,686
|align="right"|28.04
|align="right"|-15.08
|-
|Michael Laxer
|align="right"|3,653
|align="right"|8.77
|align="right"|-11.14
|-
|Costas Manios
Liberal Party candidates, 1999 Ontario provincial election
The Ontario Liberal Party ran a full slate of 103 candidates in the 1999 provincial election, and elected 35 Members of Provincial Parliament to form the official opposition in the provincial legislature...
|align="right"|3,259
|align="right"|7.82
|-
|Robert Carty
|align="right"|642
|align="right"|1.54
|-
|Joseph Internicola
|align="right"|495
|align="right"|1.19
|align="right"|-0.17
|-
|Elizabeth Rowley
Elizabeth Rowley
Elizabeth Rowley is a politician, writer, and political activist in Ontario, Canada. Current leader of the Communist Party of Ontario, and a leading member of the Communist Party of Canada, Rowley has campaigned for office many times at both the municipal, federal and provincial levels.-Political...
|align="right"|241
|align="right"|0.58
|}