| Brian RiddellMPP | |
|---|---|
 Riddell in 2024 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Cambridge | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Belinda Karahalios |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Galt, Ontario, Canada. |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Suzanne Riddell |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. |
| Profession | Photographer-Sales Engineer |
Brian Riddell MPP is a Canadian politician elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Cambridge as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
He is a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Caucus and is the Parliamentary Assistant to Minister Todd Macarthy in the Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement. He served as the standing chair of the Social Policy Committee and is currently on the Justice Policy Committee.
Brian graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Chicago and Conestoga College. In his prior life, he was a professor at Conestoga College in the Creative Industries division. Before his tenure at Conestoga College, Brian held senior management/engineering positions at Michelin Canada and Bridgestone Canada. He has served on various city organizations in his hometown of Cambridge, Ontario, including the Art & Culture and Heritage committees.
Brian, an avid baseball and ski race coach, has been involved with his community of Cambridge for over four decades.
An archeologist, visual communicator, aerial photographer and flight reviewer for Transport Canada, he has travelled and studied over six continents photographing the world's ever-changing evolving environments. He specializes in the study of glaciology in Canada, Iceland and Antarctica. His work has been exhibited worldwide, and he has received many accolades.
Electoral History
| 2022 Ontario general election: Cambridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Riddell | 14,590 | 37.03 | +0.06 | $84,737 | |||
| New Democratic | Marjorie Knight | 8,745 | 22.19 | −10.30 | $54,806 | |||
| Liberal | Surekha Shenoy | 8,155 | 20.70 | −2.55 | $77,446 | |||
| New Blue | Belinda Karahalios | 4,374 | 11.10 | $98,338 | ||||
| Green | Carla Johnson | 3,537 | 8.98 | +2.71 | $14,902 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,401 | 99.52 | +0.81 | $128,747 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 190 | 0.48 | -0.81 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,591 | 43.22 | -11.95 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,954 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from New Blue | Swing | +5.18 | ||||||
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References
- "Progressive Conservative Brian Riddell unseats Karahalios in Cambridge". CTV News Kitchener. June 2, 2022.
- Kevin Nielsen (June 2, 2022). "Progressive Conservative candidate Brian Riddell elected in Cambridge". Global News.
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