# Ted Chudleigh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ted_Chudleigh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ted_Chudleigh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chudleigh > Source revision: 1350437166 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Ted Chudleigh** (born c. 1943) is a former [politician](/source/Politician) in [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. He was a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) member of the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) from 1995 to 2014, representing the [ridings](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of Halton North and later [Halton](/source/Halton_(provincial_electoral_district)). Chudleigh is the grandson of [Thomas Laird Kennedy](/source/Thomas_Laird_Kennedy), who served as [Premier of Ontario](/source/Premier_of_Ontario) in 1949. ## Background Chudleigh was born in [Peel County, Ontario](/source/Peel_County,_Ontario) in 1943.[1] He received a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) degree from [Michigan State University](/source/Michigan_State_University) in 1965. He later worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, and owned an [IGA](/source/IGA_(supermarkets)) store in the Niagara Region. From 1980 to 1995, he was the Executive Vice-President of the *Ontario Food Processors Association*. His brother Tom Chudleigh is the owner of Chudleigh's Limited, a commercial bakery and farm based in the Milton area whose frozen desserts are sold by grocery retailers throughout North America. ## Politics He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the [provincial election of 1995](/source/1995_Ontario_general_election), defeating [Liberal](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party) [Walt Elliot](/source/Walt_Elliot) and incumbent [New Democrat](/source/Ontario_New_Democratic_Party) [Noel Duignan](/source/Noel_Duignan) in the riding of [Halton North](/source/Halton_North).[2] He was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Halton in the [1999 provincial election](/source/1999_Ontario_general_election), by a margin of over 20,000 votes over his closest opponent.[3] Chudleigh served as a [backbench](/source/Backbench) supporter for Premiers [Mike Harris](/source/Mike_Harris) and [Ernie Eves](/source/Ernie_Eves). The Tories lost the [provincial election of 2003](/source/2003_Ontario_general_election), and Chudleigh was returned with a greatly reduced margin of victory.[4] He endorsed [Frank Klees](/source/Frank_Klees)'s unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party in 2004. Ted Chudleigh was re-elected as the MPP for Halton in the 2007 provincial election by 176 votes over the [Liberal](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party) candidate Gary Zemlak,[5] and was re-elected for a fifth time in 2011 by more than 3,000 votes over Liberal candidate [Indira Naidoo-Harris](/source/Indira_Naidoo-Harris).[6] In 2014, Chudleigh faced Naidoo-Harris again, this time losing to her by about 4,000 votes.[7] During his time in government he served as [Parliamentary Assistant](/source/Parliamentary_Assistant) to several ministers. During his time in opposition he was his party's critic for various roles and between 2004 and 2011 he served as Deputy Opposition Whip. ## References 1. "Halton North riding". *Toronto Star*. June 2, 1995. p. BR2. 1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"](https://archive.today/20140305214413/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=halton+north&flag=E&layout=G). Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Archived from [the original](http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1995_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=36&rec=0&district=halton+north&flag=E&layout=G) on March 5, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02. 1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"](https://archive.today/20140803112416/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G). Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Archived from [the original](http://results.elections.on.ca/results/1999_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G) on August 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-02. 1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120726/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G). Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Archived from [the original](http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=halton&flag=E&layout=G) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2014-03-02. 1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate"](https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20151206211444/http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2007/General%20Election/Valid%20Ballots%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate.pdf). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 5. Archived from [the original](http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2007/General%20Election/Valid%20Ballots%20Cast%20for%20Each%20Candidate.pdf) on December 6, 2015. Retrieved 2014-03-02. 1. ["Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 6. Archived from [the original](http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02. 1. Slaughter, Graham (June 12, 2014). ["Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo-Harris wins Halton in Ontario election"](https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario_election/riding_profiles/2014/06/12/liberal_candidate_indira_naidooharris_wins_halton_in_ontario_election.html). *Toronto Star*. Retrieved June 13, 2014. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ted Chudleigh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chudleigh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chudleigh?action=history)). 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