{"id":7,"date":"2021-09-30T15:07:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontariopccaucus.ca\/raymondcho\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-02-20T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:52:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toddsmithmpp.ca\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Todd Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"739\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/ontariopccaucus.com\/toddsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/todd-smith-family-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddsmithmpp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/todd-smith-family-2.jpg 739w, https:\/\/toddsmithmpp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/02\/todd-smith-family-2-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For over 30 years, Todd Smith has been a trusted voice in the Quinte region.&nbsp;Born and raised in Riverview, New Brunswick, he has lived in the Belleville area since the early 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A graduate of Loyalist College, he embarked on a nearly 20-year broadcast journalism career serving as the news director at Quinte Broadcasting. In 2011, Smith was nominated to run as the Ontario PC candidate in the Prince Edward-Hastings riding where he unseated a well-tenured Liberal cabinet minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While in opposition, Smith served as the PC critic on several files, including Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2018, Minister Smith was elected in the new Bay of Quinte riding as part of a PC majority government. Since then he\u2019s been fortunate to hold several important portfolios for Premier Doug Ford including Economic Development, Government and Consumer Services, and  Energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid all of his commitments, Smith\u2019s family remains his most important priority. 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