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	(1962-07-09) 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] On June 13, 2016, Duguid's portfolio was changed to Minister of Economic Development and Growth.^[16]

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Official website
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History

Cabinet of Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne (2013–)
Jim Bradley Laurel Broten Michael Chan Bob Chiarelli Michael Coteau Dipika Damerla Steven Del Duca Brad Duguid Kevin Flynn Michael Gravelle Eric Hoskins Mitzie Hunter Helena Jaczek Linda Jeffrey Jeff Leal Tracy MacCharles Deb Matthews Ted McMeekin Madeleine Meilleur Reza Moridi Glen Murray Yasir Naqvi David Orazietti Teresa Piruzza Liz Sandals Mario Sergio Charles Sousa Harinder Takhar Kathleen Wynne David Zimmer

Cabinet of Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty (2003–2013)
Rick Bartolucci Chris Bentley Margarett Best Marie Bountrogianni Jim Bradley Laurel Broten Michael Bryant Donna Cansfield David Caplan Aileen Carroll Michael Chan Bob Chiarelli Mike Colle Caroline Di Cocco Brad Duguid Dwight Duncan Peter Fonseca John Gerretsen Michael Gravelle Eric Hoskins Helena Jaczek Linda Jeffrey Gerard Kennedy Monte Kwinter Deb Matthews Dalton McGuinty Ted McMeekin Madeleine Meilleur John Milloy Glen Murray Yasir Naqvi Steve Peters David Ramsay Liz Sandals Monique Smith George Smitherman Greg Sorbara Charles Sousa Harinder Takhar John Wilkinson Kathleen Wynne