Carol Mitchell
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Carol Mitchell is a politician
in Ontario
, Canada
. She is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in the cabinet of Dalton McGuinty
and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
for the riding
of Huron—Bruce
. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party
.
Mitchell was born in Clinton, Ontario
in Huron County
and was educated at Fanshawe College
in London, Ontario
. She worked in retailing after her graduation, and ran stores selling children's clothes in Clinton
and Bayfield
. She was elected to Clinton's town council in 1993, and became its reeve later in the decade. She also served on the Huron County council, and was elected as the first reeve of the amalgamated municipality of Central Huron. She was elected as warden of Huron County in 1999 and 2000.
She won the Liberal nomination for Huron—Bruce in 2002, and defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative
cabinet minister
Helen Johns
in the 2003 election
by about 3,000 votes. On October 23, 2003, she was named parliamentary assistant to Steve Peters, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food. In March 2006, Mitchell was named Parliamentary Assistant to David Caplan, the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal.
On January 18, 2010, Mitchell was named Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as part of a cabinet shuffle
by Premier Dalton McGuinty
. Prior to that, Premier McGuinty appointed Mitchell as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Food in October 2003. In March 2006, she was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal. Upon re-election in the fall of 2007, Mitchell was named the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a concentration on Municipal Affairs.
Mitchell has sat on many committees during her time at Queens Park including the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee, the Results Table Committee for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Health and Social Services Policy Committee, and the Standing Committees on Social Policy, Government Agencies, Finance and Economic Affairs and General Government. She was also an inaugural member of the Rural and Northern Health Panel.
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|Carol Mitchell
|align="right"|20,461
|align="right"|46.0%
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|Bob Morley
|align="right"|13,566
|align="right"|30.5%
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|Paul Klopp
|align="right"|5,927
|align="right"|13.3%
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|Victoria Serda
|align="right"|2,910
|align="right"|6.5%
|align="right"|
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|Dave Joslin
|align="right"| 1,044
|align="right"|2.4%
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|DEnnis Valenta
|align="right"|394
|align="right"|0.9%
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|Ronald John Stephens
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|0.5%
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|Carol Mitchell
|align="right"|19,879
|align="right"|45.79%
|align="right"|+3.96%
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|Helen Johns
|align="right"|16,594
|align="right"|38.23%
|align="right"|-7.52%
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|Grant I. Robertson
|align="right"|4,973
|align="right"|11.46%
|align="right"|+2.34%
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|Shelley Hannah
|align="right"|934
|align="right"|2.15%
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|Dave Joslin
|align="right"|902
|align="right"|2.08%
|align="right"|-1.21%
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|Robert Sabharwal
|align="right"|127
|align="right"|0.29%
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|}
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
in Ontario
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...
. She is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in the cabinet of 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....
and 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...
for 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 Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce (provincial electoral district)
Huron—Bruce is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1987.It was known as Huron from 1987 to 1999....
. She is a member of 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...
.
Mitchell was born in Clinton, Ontario
Clinton, Ontario
Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...
in Huron County
Huron County, Ontario
Huron County is a census division and county of the province of Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast shore of its namesake, Lake Huron, in the southwest part of the province...
and was educated at Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College is one of the largest colleges in Ontario, Canada. The main campus is in London, Ontario, with additional campuses in Simcoe, St. Thomas, Woodstock, and Tillsonburg. There are about 15,000 full-time students and 40,000 part-time students. Fanshawe College has more than 112,000 alumni...
in London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...
. She worked in retailing after her graduation, and ran stores selling children's clothes in Clinton
Clinton, Ontario
Clinton is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the municipality of Central Huron. Established in 1831, Clinton first began when Jonas Gibbings, Peter and Stephen Vanderburg cleared out a small area to start. Clinton started to grow in 1844 when William Rattenbury laid out...
and Bayfield
Bayfield, Ontario
Bayfield, is a community located within the Municipality of Bluewater, Ontario, Canada on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, situated at the mouth of Bayfield River....
. She was elected to Clinton's town council in 1993, and became its reeve later in the decade. She also served on the Huron County council, and was elected as the first reeve of the amalgamated municipality of Central Huron. She was elected as warden of Huron County in 1999 and 2000.
She won the Liberal nomination for Huron—Bruce in 2002, and 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...
cabinet minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....
Helen Johns
Helen Johns
Helen Johns is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was born in Toronto, Ontario She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.Johns has a Bachelor of Arts degree...
in the 2003 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....
by about 3,000 votes. On October 23, 2003, she was named parliamentary assistant to Steve Peters, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food. In March 2006, Mitchell was named Parliamentary Assistant to David Caplan, the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal.
On January 18, 2010, Mitchell was named Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as part of a cabinet shuffle
Cabinet shuffle
In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle or reshuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet....
by 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....
. Prior to that, Premier McGuinty appointed Mitchell as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Food in October 2003. In March 2006, she was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal. Upon re-election in the fall of 2007, Mitchell was named the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a concentration on Municipal Affairs.
Mitchell has sat on many committees during her time at Queens Park including the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee, the Results Table Committee for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Health and Social Services Policy Committee, and the Standing Committees on Social Policy, Government Agencies, Finance and Economic Affairs and General Government. She was also an inaugural member of the Rural and Northern Health Panel.
Electoral record
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|Carol Mitchell
Carol Mitchell
Carol Mitchell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in the cabinet of Dalton McGuinty and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Huron—Bruce. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.Mitchell was born in...
|align="right"|20,461
|align="right"|46.0%
|align="right"|
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|Bob Morley
Bob Morley
Robert "Bobby" Morley is an Australian actor.-Early life:Morley is the son of a Filipino mother and an Australian-Irish father, who died when he was young. Morley has two sisters and one brother, he is the youngest child. Morley grew up on a farm in Kyneton, a small country town in Victoria...
|align="right"|13,566
|align="right"|30.5%
|align="right"|
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|Paul Klopp
|align="right"|5,927
|align="right"|13.3%
|align="right"|
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|Victoria Serda
|align="right"|2,910
|align="right"|6.5%
|align="right"|
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|Dave Joslin
|align="right"| 1,044
|align="right"|2.4%
|align="right"|
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|DEnnis Valenta
|align="right"|394
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|
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|Ronald John Stephens
|align="right"|201
|align="right"|0.5%
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|}
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|Carol Mitchell
Carol Mitchell
Carol Mitchell is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in the cabinet of Dalton McGuinty and member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Huron—Bruce. She is a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.Mitchell was born in...
|align="right"|19,879
|align="right"|45.79%
|align="right"|+3.96%
|-
|Helen Johns
Helen Johns
Helen Johns is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was born in Toronto, Ontario She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.Johns has a Bachelor of Arts degree...
|align="right"|16,594
|align="right"|38.23%
|align="right"|-7.52%
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|Grant I. Robertson
|align="right"|4,973
|align="right"|11.46%
|align="right"|+2.34%
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|Shelley Hannah
|align="right"|934
|align="right"|2.15%
|align="right"|--
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|Dave Joslin
|align="right"|902
|align="right"|2.08%
|align="right"|-1.21%
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|Robert Sabharwal
|align="right"|127
|align="right"|0.29%
|align="right"|--
|}