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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ted Chudleigh
| image =

| parliament = Ontario Provincial
| term_start = 1995
| term_end = 2014
| predecessor = [[Noel Duignan]]
| successor = [[Indira Naidoo-Harris]]
| riding = [[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]<br />{{small|[[Halton North]] (1995-1999)}}

| party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]]
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}
| birth_place = [[Peel County, Ontario]]
| residence =
| occupation = Businessman
| relations = [[Thomas Laird Kennedy]], grandfather
}}
'''Ted Chudleigh''' (born {{circa|1943}}) is a former [[politician]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1995 to 2014, representing the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]]s of Halton North and later [[Halton (provincial electoral district)|Halton]]. Chudleigh is the grandson of [[Thomas Laird Kennedy]], who served as [[Premier of Ontario]] in 1949.

==Background==
Chudleigh was born in [[Peel County, Ontario]] in 1943.<ref>{{cite news |title=Halton North riding |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=June 2, 1995 |page=BR2}}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from [[Michigan State University]] in 1965. He later worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, and owned an [[IGA (supermarkets)|IGA]] store in the Niagara Region. From 1980 to 1995, he was the Executive Vice-President of the ''Ontario Food Processors Association''. His brother Tom Chudleigh is the owner of Chudleigh's Limited, a commercial bakery and farm based in the Milton area whose frozen desserts are sold by grocery retailers throughout North America.

==Politics==
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the [[1995 Ontario general election|provincial election of 1995]], defeating [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Walt Elliot]] and incumbent [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democrat]] [[Noel Duignan]] in the riding of [[Halton North]].<ref name="1995 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=halton+north&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140305214413/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=halton+north&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 8, 1995 |access-date=2014-03-02 }}</ref> He was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Halton in the [[1999 Ontario general election|1999 provincial election]], by a margin of over 20,000 votes over his closest opponent.<ref name="1999 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140803112416/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2014 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=June 3, 1999 |access-date=2014-03-02 }}</ref> Chudleigh served as a [[backbench]] supporter for Premiers [[Mike Harris]] and [[Ernie Eves]].

The Tories lost the [[2003 Ontario general election|provincial election of 2003]], and Chudleigh was returned with a greatly reduced margin of victory.<ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |access-date=2014-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120726/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G |archive-date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref> He endorsed [[Frank Klees]]'s unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party in 2004.

Ted Chudleigh was re-elected as the MPP for Halton in the 2007 provincial election by 176 votes over the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] candidate Gary Zemlak,<ref name="2007 results">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2007/General%20Election/Valid%20Ballots%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151206211444/http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2007/General%20Election/Valid%20Ballots%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2015 |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=5 }}</ref> and was re-elected for a fifth time in 2011 by more than 3,000 votes over Liberal candidate [[Indira Naidoo-Harris]].<ref name="2011 results">{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |access-date=2014-03-02 |page=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 2014, Chudleigh faced Naidoo-Harris again, this time losing to her by about 4,000 votes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Slaughter |first=Graham |title=Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo-Harris wins Halton in Ontario election |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario_election/riding_profiles/2014/06/12/liberal_candidate_indira_naidooharris_wins_halton_in_ontario_election.html |access-date=June 13, 2014 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=June 12, 2014}}</ref>

During his time in government he served as [[Parliamentary Assistant]] to several ministers. During his time in opposition he was his party's critic for various roles and between 2004 and 2011 he served as Deputy Opposition Whip.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=ted-chudleigh}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Michigan State University alumni]]
[[Category:People from the Regional Municipality of Halton]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]

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