Carol Mitchell
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Carol Mitchell (born c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) 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 is a past member of Girl Guides of Canada. 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, a cabinet minister, 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
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External links
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- 1957 births
- Women government ministers of Canada
- Fanshawe College alumni
- Living people
- Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
- Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
- People from Goderich, Ontario
- Women mayors of places in Ontario
- Women MPPs in Ontario
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario