Toby Barrett
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| In office 1995 – 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Norm Jamison |
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| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
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MPP for Haldimand—Norfolk
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| Assumed office 1999 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
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| Born | November 3, 1945 Port Dover, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | business administrator |
Toby Barrett (born November 3, 1945 in Port Dover, Ontario) is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant for the Progressive Conservative Party.
Barrett received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph in 1968, and a Master of Science degree from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1974. He later worked as a teacher of High School agriculture, and has been a partner in Farmleigh Farms since 1980. He is also a past president of the Norfolk Farm Safety Association, and a member of the Norfolk Federation of Agriculture.
[edit] Elections
- He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1995, defeating Liberal Rudy Stickl and incumbent New Democrat Norm Jamison in the riding of Norfolk.
- In 1999 and 2003, he was re-elected in Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. On the latter occasion, he defeated Liberal Rob Esselment by about 3,000 votes.
- Barrett supported Jim Flaherty's unsuccessful bid to succeed Ernie Eves as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 2004.
- In the 2007 Ontario general election, Barrett was easily re-elected, defeating Liberal candidate Lorraine Bergstrand by 26,100 votes to 9,500 votes in the newly redrawn riding of Haldimand-Norfolk.
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