Smith grew up in Port Sydney, Ontario, where his family owned and operated a local business. He along with his father and brother were members of the Kinsmen Club of Bracebridge for many years. Smith was inspired to enter politics through his time with the Kinsmen Club and a Bracebridge councillor who encouraged him to run in 2006.
Smith began his political career in Bracebridge, Ontario as a District of Muskoka councillor in 2006. After one term as councillor, the Bracebridge mayor at the time and Smith’s mentor, Don Coates decided to retire and encouraged Smith to run for the mayorship in 2010. He won the seat and served as mayor for 12 years.
During his time as mayor, he became a board of director with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in 2014 and was president 2021. Smith was also a board of director with the Ontario Small Urban Municipalities.
In 2022, former Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP Norm Miller announced he was retiring and would not be seeking re-election paving the way for Smith to run as the Progressive Conservative candidate. On June 2, 2022 Smith won the provincial election with about 45%[2] of the votes. On June 24, Smith was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry.
In June 2022, Smith was criminally charged under Ontario's Endangered Species Act. Specifically, he was accused of ordering road construction which destroyed endangered Blanding's Turtle habitats during his tenure as mayor of Bracebridge.[3][4] On October 25, 2022, the charges against Smith were dropped.[5]
^Mehrabi, Kimia (2022-06-29). "Ontario's new minister of natural resources accused of harming threatened turtles". blogTo. Toronto. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
^McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (2022-06-28). "New Ontario natural resources minister faces hearing on charges he harmed endangered turtles". National Post. Toronto. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
^Hartill, Mary (2022-10-25). "Turtle troubles over for Bracebridge, its former mayor, now Minister of Natural Resources, as charges withdrawn". MuskokaRegion.com. Bracebridge. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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graydon, smith, canadian, politician, elected, legislative, assembly, ontario, 2022, provincial, election, represents, riding, parry, sound, muskoka, member, progressive, conservative, party, ontario, honourablemppmember, ontario, provincial, parliament, parry. Graydon Smith is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election He represents the riding of Parry Sound Muskoka as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario 1 The HonourableGraydon SmithMPPMember of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Parry Sound MuskokaIncumbentAssumed office June 2 2022Preceded byNorm MillerMinister of Natural Resources and ForestryIncumbentAssumed office June 24 2022PremierDoug FordPreceded byGreg RickfordMayor of BracebridgeIn office circa 2010 June 2 2022Succeeded byRick MaloneyPersonal detailsPolitical partyProgressive Conservative Smith was formerly the mayor of Bracebridge Ontario On June 24 Smith was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry by Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell Contents 1 Background 2 Political Career 2006 present 3 Election results 4 ReferencesBackground editSmith grew up in Port Sydney Ontario where his family owned and operated a local business He along with his father and brother were members of the Kinsmen Club of Bracebridge for many years Smith was inspired to enter politics through his time with the Kinsmen Club and a Bracebridge councillor who encouraged him to run in 2006 Smith is married with two children and lives in Bracebridge Ontario Political Career 2006 present editSmith began his political career in Bracebridge Ontario as a District of Muskoka councillor in 2006 After one term as councillor the Bracebridge mayor at the time and Smith s mentor Don Coates decided to retire and encouraged Smith to run for the mayorship in 2010 He won the seat and served as mayor for 12 years During his time as mayor he became a board of director with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in 2014 and was president 2021 Smith was also a board of director with the Ontario Small Urban Municipalities In 2022 former Parry Sound Muskoka MPP Norm Miller announced he was retiring and would not be seeking re election paving the way for Smith to run as the Progressive Conservative candidate On June 2 2022 Smith won the provincial election with about 45 2 of the votes On June 24 Smith was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry In June 2022 Smith was criminally charged under Ontario s Endangered Species Act Specifically he was accused of ordering road construction which destroyed endangered Blanding s Turtle habitats during his tenure as mayor of Bracebridge 3 4 On October 25 2022 the charges against Smith were dropped 5 Election results editvte2022 Ontario general election Parry Sound Muskoka Party Candidate Votes Expenditures Progressive Conservative Graydon Smith 20 216 45 37 2 70 85 536 Green Matt Richter 18 102 40 63 20 61 95 858 New Democratic Erin Horvath 3 427 7 69 14 34 14 568 Ontario Party Andrew John Cocks 1 649 3 70 8 029 New Blue Doug Maynard 883 1 98 2 616 Independent Daniel Predie Jr 155 0 35 0 Populist Brad Waddell 126 0 28 3 142 Total valid votes Expense limit 44 558 99 58 0 29 117 992 Total rejected unmarked and declined ballots 187 0 42 0 29 Turnout 44 745 53 09 6 13 Eligible voters 82 580 Progressive Conservative hold Swing 11 65 Source s Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate PDF Elections Ontario 2022 Archived from the original on 2023 05 18 Statistical Summary by Electoral District PDF Elections Ontario 2022 Archived from the original on 2023 05 21 References edit PC Graydon Smith wins in Parry Sound Muskoka Toronto Star June 2 2022 ISSN 0319 0781 EFRS results elections on ca Retrieved 2023 03 21 Mehrabi Kimia 2022 06 29 Ontario s new minister of natural resources accused of harming threatened turtles blogTo Toronto Retrieved 2023 10 18 McKenzie Sutter Holly 2022 06 28 New Ontario natural resources minister faces hearing on charges he harmed endangered turtles National Post Toronto Retrieved 2023 10 18 Hartill Mary 2022 10 25 Turtle troubles over for Bracebridge its former mayor now Minister of Natural Resources as charges withdrawn MuskokaRegion com Bracebridge Retrieved 2023 10 18 nbsp This article about a Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Graydon Smith amp oldid 1212896221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
