{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Todd Stone | honorific_suffix = | image = Todd Stone 2016.jpg | caption = Todd Stone in 2016 | birth_date = | birth_place = | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | constituency_AM = Kamloops-South Thompson | term_start = May 14, 2013 | term_end = September 21, 2024 | predecessor = Kevin Krueger | successor = Electoral district dissolved | office1 = Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure of British Columbia | party = BC Liberals | term_start1 = June 10, 2013 | term_end1 = July 18, 2017 | premier1 = Christy Clark | predecessor1 = Mary Polak | successor1 = Claire Trevena | profession = | spouse = Chantelle Stone | children = 3 }}

'''Todd Graham Stone''' is a Canadian former politician. He served as a member of the British Columbia legislative assembly for Kamloops-South Thompson from 2013 to 2024 under the banner of the British Columbia Liberal Party (renamed BC United in 2023). Stone was Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure from 2013 to 2017.<ref name=Xiong/>

In 2025, Todd Stone became the president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC.<ref name=Dawson/>

==Political career== Todd Stone was actively involved in the British Columbia Liberal Party from the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news | last=PEEBLES | first=Frank|title=Stone tours region, seeking Liberal leadership nod|url=http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/stone-tours-region-seeking-liberal-leadership-nod-1.23069828|access-date=2020-09-30|website=Prince George Citizen }}</ref> After being elected to the B.C. legislature in the 2013 provincial election, he was appointed as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.<ref name=BCGov>{{cite web | title=Todd Stone sworn in as new Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure | date=13 June 2013 | publisher=BC Gov News | url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/todd-stone-sworn-in-as-new-minister-of-transportation-and-infrastructure }}</ref> In this role, Stone increased speed limits to 120&nbsp;km/h on rural highways and introduced legislation for ticketing improper use of passing lanes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stone admits speeding to catch ferry |last= Smart |first=Amy |newspaper=Times - Colonist |location=Victoria, British Columbia |date=April 18, 2015 |page=A1}}</ref> Stone also served as Minister responsible for Emergency Management BC, and as Deputy House Leader.<ref name=BCLeg/>

After the BC Liberals lost their majority in the 2017 provincial election, Stone was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://toddstonemla.ca/628-2/|title = Todd Stone}}</ref>

In October 2017, Stone entered the BC Liberal Party leadership election to replace former B.C. Premier Christy Clark.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberal leadership race: Will it be Stone on the throne?|url=https://theprovince.com/news/bc-politics/liberal-leadership-will-it-be-stone-on-the-throne|last=Smyth|first=Mike|publisher=The Province|date=October 14, 2017|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref> He lost to Andrew Wilkinson after 4 rounds of voting.<ref>{{cite web|title=B.C. Liberal leadership round-by-round voting results.|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/b-c-liberal-leadership-round-by-round-voting-results-1.23164040|last=Shaw|first=Rob|publisher=Vancouver Sun|date=February 3, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2019}}</ref>

On February 7, 2022, Stone was appointed BC Liberal house leader and Official Opposition Critic for Jobs, Economic Recovery, Trade, & Innovation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yuzda |first=Liza and Denise Wong |date=7 February 2022 |title=Kevin Falcon names BC Liberal critics, will run in byelection for legislature seat |work=CityNews |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/07/kevin-falcon-bc-liberals-byelection/ |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

On 29 August 2024, Stone announced that he would not run in the 19 October 2024 provincial election, and he would support the B.C. Conservative Party candidate in his Kamloops riding. Stone took the action after the leader of BC United (formerly the B.C. Liberal Party) decided to withdraw the party from the election campaign, and endorse the B.C. Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-united-conservatives-election-2024-mlas-1.7308432 | newspaper=CBC News | title=B.C. United MLAs Shirley Bond, Todd Stone drop election campaigns: Party's withdrawal and support for B.C. Conservatives mean 140 candidates are vying for 93 positions | date=29 August 2024 }}</ref>

==Career outside politics== Before entering politics, Todd Stone was the founder and CEO of iCompass Technologies, a Kamloops-based software company.<ref name=Dawson/><ref name=Xiong>{{cite news | newspaper=Business in Vancouver | first=Daisy | last=Xiong | url=https://www.biv.com/news/ame-taps-former-bc-minister-as-new-president-and-ceo-10941834 | date=14 July 2025 | title=AME taps former B.C. minister as new president and CEO }}</ref><ref name=AME/>

In 2025, Stone was named the president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC, an advocacy organization representing approximately 6,000 B.C. mineral producers.<ref name=Dawson>{{cite news | title=Ex-Kamloops MLA Todd Stone named new boss of Association of Mineral Exploration | first=Josh | last=Dawson | date=15 July 2025 | url= https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Kamloops/561584/Ex-Kamloops-…A-Todd-Stone-named-new-boss-of-Association-of-Mineral-Exploration | newspaper=CastanetKamloops.net }}</ref><ref name=AME>{{cite web | title=Todd Stone - AME | publisher=Association for Mineral Exploration | url=https://amebc.ca/team-member/todd-stone/ }}</ref>

Stone has served on the boards of Thompson Rivers University, the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, and the Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo United Way.<ref name=BCGov/><ref name=BCLeg >{{cite web | title=MLA: Hon. Todd Stone | url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/members/40th-Parliament/Stone-Todd | publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia }}</ref>

==Personal life== Todd Stone met his wife, Chantelle, during an election campaign. They have three daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liberal leadership race: Will it be Stone on the throne?|url=https://theprovince.com/news/bc-politics/liberal-leadership-will-it-be-stone-on-the-throne|access-date=2020-09-30|website=The Province|language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Electoral record== {{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Kamloops-South Thompson}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Kamloops-South Thompson}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Kamloops-South Thompson}}

==References== {{reflist}}

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