Carol Mitchell

Carol Mitchell
Ontario MPP
In office 2003–2011
Preceded by	Helen Johns
Succeeded by	Lisa Thompson
Constituency	Huron—Bruce
Personal details
Born	1957 (age 58–59) Clinton, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Larry
Children	2
Residence	Clinton, Ontario
Occupation	Businesswomen

Carol Mitchell (born c. 1957) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2011 representing the riding of Huron—Bruce. She was a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.

Background

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.

Politics

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.^[1]

In the 2003 provincial election she ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Huron—Bruce and defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Helen Johns by about 3,000 votes.^[2] On October 23, 2003, she was named parliamentary assistant to Steve Peters, the Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food.^[3] In March 2006, Mitchell was named parliamentary assistant to David Caplan, the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal.^[4] Upon re-election in the fall of 2007,^[5] Mitchell was named Government Caucus Chair and parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a concentration on Municipal Affairs.^[6]

On January 18, 2010, Mitchell was named Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs as part of a cabinet shuffle by Premier Dalton McGuinty.^[7]

She was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Lisa Thompson in the 2011 election.^[8]

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	19,879	45.79%	+3.96%
	Progressive Conservative	Helen Johns	16,594	38.23%	-7.52%
	New Democratic	Grant I. Robertson	4,973	11.46%	+2.34%
	Green	Shelley Hannah	934	2.15%	--
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	902	2.08%	-1.21%
	Freedom	Robert Sabharwal	127	0.29%	--

Ontario general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Carol Mitchell	20,461	46.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Morley	13,566	30.5%
	New Democratic	Paul Klopp	5,927	13.3%
	Green	Victoria Serda	2,910	6.5%
	Family Coalition	Dave Joslin	1,044	2.4%
	Independent	DEnnis Valenta	394	0.9%
	Independent	Ronald John Stephens	201	0.5%

References

1. Ash, Stacey (September 19, 2003). "Huron-Bruce riding; Area has had its share of controversy with E. coli, George shooting and struggling beef industry". The Record. Kitchener, Ont. p. B2.
2. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
3. Ash, Stacey (October 24, 2003). "Cabinet devoid of local faces". The Record. Kitchener, Ont. p. A1.
4. "Premier McGuinty appoints new parliamentary assistants". Ottawa: Canada NewsWire. March 6, 2006. p. 1.
5. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 6 (xv). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
6. "Carol Mitchell, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
7. Kenyon, Wallace (January 19, 2010). "Sweeping changes hit Queen's Park; Liberal Cabinet". National Post. p. A8.
8. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 7. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History