Name Monte McNaughton Spouse(s) Kate Role Politician | Children 1 Occupation Businessman | |
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Similar People Christine Elliott, Patrick Brown, Lisa MacLeod, Tim Hudak, Rick Nicholls | ||
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Monte McNaughton (born March 11, 1977) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represents the riding Lambton—Kent—Middlesex. He has been a member since the 2011 Election.
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- Background
- Politics
- Leadership campaign
- References
Monte mcnaughton corporate welfare question period april 18 2012
Background
McNaughton owned and operated the McNaughton Family Shopping Centre in Newbury with his father and brother, a business operated by the McNaughton family since 1948. He has served as chair of the Newbury Economic Development Committee and was president of the Strathroy and District Chamber of Commerce in 2009-10. McNaughton and his wife Kate have a daughter, Annie, born in 2013.
Politics
In 1997, at the age of 20, McNaughton was elected to the municipal council in his hometown of Newbury, Ontario and served three terms.
In the 2007 provincial election he was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex. He lost to Liberal incumbent Maria Van Bommel by 2,933 votes. In the 2011 election he ran against Van Bommel again this time defeating her by 6,956 votes. He was re-elected in the 2014 election.
He is the party's critic for Economic Development and Growth.
Leadership campaign
On September 17, 2014, McNaughton announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. During his campaign McNaughton received endorsements from Rob Ford, former mayor of Toronto, and the anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition.
On March 3, 2015, McNaughton campaign staffer Rida Ali was charged with 5 counts of criminal harassment for sending threatening text messages to other members of McNaughton's campaign staff as well as Progressive Conservative Leadership election rival Christine Elliott’s campaign staffers. Those charges have since been dropped.
McNaughton criticized the Liberal government for not consulting with parents when they implemented a new sex education curriculum. He also supported a move to private liquor sales and opposed the LCBO retail model. He said, "If we were to build Ontario again, we wouldn’t be building the same communist-style liquor system that we have here in the province."
McNaughton withdrew his candidacy for leader on April 9, 2015 and endorsed Patrick Brown.