Brad Duguid

Infobox Prime Minister
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name = Brad Duguid
honorific-suffix = MPP BA


birth_date = birth date and age|1962|07|9
birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario
residence = Scarborough, Ontario
death_date =
death_place =
religion =
spouse =
order =
office = MPP for
Scarborough Centre
term_start = October 23, 2003
term_end =
predecessor = Marilyn Mushinski
successor =
party = Liberal
order2 =
office2 = Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
term_start2 = September 18, 2008
predecessor2 = Michael Bryant

Brad Duguid is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Scarborough Centre for the Ontario Liberal Party.

Before seeking elected office himself, Duguid worked in government services at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, serving as executive assistant to both Member of Provincial Parliament Frank Faubert and Members of Parliament (MPs) Catherine Callbeck and Derek Lee.

In 1994, he was elected as a city councillor for the suburban Toronto municipality of Scarborough. In the elections of 1997 and 2000, he was elected as a councillor in the amalgamated "megacity" of Toronto. 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, ironically Tory would later become leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.

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. 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.

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.

On October 30, 2007, Duguid was appointed to the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour.

In a Cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008 [ [http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2473 Premier of Ontario - News Releases - Making Ontario More Competitive at Home and Abroad] ] , Brad was appointed as the province's Minister of Aboriginal Affairs.

External links

* [http://bradduguidmpp.ca/ Official website]

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