Brad Duguid

The Honourable Brad Duguid MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Scarborough Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2, 2003
Preceded by	Marilyn Mushinski
Personal details
Born	July 9, 1962 Scarborough, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Crystal
Children	2
Residence	Scarborough, Ontario
Alma mater	University of Toronto

Brad Duguid (born July 9, 1962) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2003. He represents the riding of Scarborough Centre in Toronto. He has served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.

Background

Duguid was born in Scarborough and graduated from Woburn Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto.

Before seeking elected office, Duguid worked in government services at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, serving as executive assistant to Metro Councillor Scott Cavalier, Ontario MPP Frank Faubert, and Liberal Members of Parliament Catherine Callbeck and Derek Lee.

Politics

Municipal

In 1994, he was elected as a city councillor for the suburban municipality of Scarborough.^[1] In the elections of 1997 and 2000, he was elected as a councillor in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto.^[2][3] 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.

Provincial

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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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,^[6] Duguid was appointed Minister of Labour.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

In the re-election and subsequent Cabinet shuffle, in October 2011, the Cabinet was dissolved, and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure was split into two Ministries. The resulting cabinet Duguid was appointed as the Minister of Energy.^[10]

In the Cabinet, post election, on October 20, 2011, Brad Duguid was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Innovation.^[11]

In December 2012, CTV London reported that some of Minister Duguid's Christmas cards were sent without postage, instead using franking stickers only available to the monarch, federal MPs, senators and certain parliamentary employees. A staffer later resigned over the controversy.^[12]

After Kathleen Wynne took over in 2013, she appointed Duguid as the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.^[13] Duguid was re-elected in the June 2014 election.^[14] After the election he was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure. ^[15]

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	16,142	00.0
	Progressive Conservative	Carol Williams	7,511	00.0
	New Democratic	Kathleen Mathurin	6,836	00.0
	Green	Jeff Mole	558	0.0
	Family Coalition	David Driver	301	0.0

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	17,714	53.6
	Progressive Conservative	Sammy Appadurai	8,316	25.2
	New Democratic	Kathleen Mathurin	4,401	13.3
	Green	Andrew Strachan	1,827	5.5
	Family Coalition	Thomas Lang	459	1.4
	Libertarian	David Predovich	349	1.1

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Duguid	21,698	52.07	+17.54
	Progressive Conservative	Marilyn Mushinski	11,686	28.04	-15.08
	New Democratic	Michael Laxer	3,653	8.77	-11.14
	Independent	Costas Manios	3,259	7.82
	Green	Robert Carty	642	1.54
	Family Coalition	Joseph Internicola	495	1.19	-0.17
	Communist	Elizabeth Rowley	241	0.58

References

1. "Municipal Council - Final Results". Toronto Star. November 16, 1994. p. A8.
2. "1997 Toronto general election results". City of Toronto. 1997. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
3. "Councilor, Ward 38". Archived from the original on August 23, 2003.
4. Urquhart, Ian (June 26, 2003). "Not all peaceful in Liberal camp". The Guelph Mercury. p. A13.
5. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003.
6. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 14 (xxiii).
7. Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (October 31, 2007). "Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area". Toronto Star. p. A13.
8. "The new-look Ontario cabinet". The Hamilton Spectator. September 19, 2008. p. A9.
9. Kenyon, Wallace (January 19, 2010). "Sweeping changes hit Queen's Park; Liberal Cabinet". National Post. p. A8.
10. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 16.
11. "Chris Bentley appointed Energy Minister". APPrRO Magazine. November 2011.
12. "Brad Duguid's Christmas Cards Without Stamps Prompt Staffer's Resignation". Huffington Post. December 20, 2012.
13. "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener, Ont). February 12, 2013. p. A3.
14. "General Election by District: Scarborough Centre". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
15. Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.

External links

• Official website
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History