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Hon. Monique M. Smith MPP for Nipissing In office
October 23, 2003 – 2011Preceded by Al McDonald Succeeded by Victor Fedeli Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Incumbent Assumed office
January 18, 2010Preceded by Dalton McGuinty Government House Leader Incumbent Assumed office
February 4, 2009Preceded by Michael Bryant Personal details Born North Bay, Ontario Political party Liberal Residence North Bay, Ontario Occupation Attorney Website Monique Smith, MPP for Nipissing Monique M. Smith is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Nipissing for the Liberal Party. Her father, Richard Smith, also represented Nipissing in the legislature from 1965 to 1977, and her mother Marthe Smith campaigned for the riding in 1987.
Smith was born and raised in North Bay, Ontario, the largest city in the Nipissing riding. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, and a law degree from Queen's University. After graduating, she worked at the Toronto law firm of McCarthy Tétrault until 1997, when she resigned to work as chief of staff for provincial Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty. She served as director of operations for the Liberals in the 1999 provincial election, which the party lost.
After this election, Smith became executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers, and represented the organization across the country. She returned to North Bay in 2002, and worked for the firm of Larmer and Larmer.
Smith first ran for political office in the 2003 provincial election, in the Nipissing riding (until recently held by former Progressive Conservative Premier Mike Harris). Despite her roots in the North Bay community, she was often described as a "Toronto lawyer" and a "parachute candidate" by the Tory campaign. These criticisms were unsuccessful, and she defeated her Conservative opponent Al McDonald by just over 3000 votes.
The Liberals won the election, and Smith was subsequently named parliamentary assistant to George Smitherman, the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In December 2003, Smitherman commissioned her to undertake a comprehensive review of the province's long-term care system. The review was published in May 2004 calling for more funding and inspections.
On October 30, 2007 following the provincial election, Premier Dalton McGuinty appointed Smith into cabinet as the province's Minister of Revenue.
In a cabinet shuffle on September 18, 2008, Smith was appointed as the province's Minister of Tourism.[1]
On February 4, 2009 Smith was appointed Government House Leader. She continued as Ontario's Minister of Tourism until she was appointed Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in January 2010.
On November 19, 2010, Smith announced that she will not run in the 2011 election.[2]
Electoral record
Ontario general election, 2007 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Monique Smith 13,730 41.94 -7.90 Progressive Conservative Bill Vrebosch 13,373 40.85 -0.62 New Democrat Henri Giroux 4,135 12.63 +5.40 Green Amy Brownridge 1,258 3.84 +2.38 Family Coalition Suzanne Plouffe 238 0.73 Ontario general election, 2003 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Monique Smith 18,003 49.84 +6.70 Progressive Conservative Al McDonald 14,978 41.47 -8.95 New Democrat Terry O'Connor 2,613 7.23 +2.37 Green Jaimie Board 528 1.46 +0.51 References
- ^ Making Ontario More Competitive at Home and Abroad
- ^ "Another McGuinty Liberal bows out". Toronto Star, November 19, 2010.
External links
- Monique Smith, MPP for Nipissing
- Monique Smith profile at Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Monique Smith Liberal party of Ontario biography
Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty Cabinet Posts (4) Predecessor Office Successor Dalton McGuinty Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
January 18, 2010Incumbent Michael Bryant Government House Leader
February 4, 2009Incumbent Peter Fonseca Minister of Tourism
2008-2010Michael Chan Michael Chan Minister of Revenue
2007-2008Dwight Duncan Categories:- Living people
- Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
- People from North Bay, Ontario
- Women MPPs in Ontario
- University of Toronto alumni
- Queen's University alumni
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