Julia Ann Louise Munro (née Campbell; June 30, 1942 – June 12, 2019) was a Canadian politician based in
Ontario
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, Canada. She was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 until 2018. She represented the
riding of
York—Simcoe
York—Simcoe is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, from 1988 to 1997 and since 2004.
It covers part of the region north of Toronto by Lake Simcoe.
...
.
Background
Julia Ann Louise Campbell was born in
Hamilton, Ontario
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and raised in
Toronto
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, receiving a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from the
University of Toronto
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. She taught history in secondary school in
Markham Markham may refer to:
It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873.
Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
* ...
and
Newmarket for 24 years. She served as a department head in one of the high schools of the
York Region Board of Education. She and her husband lived on a farm near
Sutton
Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to:
Places
United Kingdom
England
In alphabetical order by county:
* Sutton, Bedfordshire
* Sutton, Berkshire, a location
* Sutton-in-the-Isle, Ely, Cambridgeshire
* ...
where they bred poodles, borzois and pointers.
From 1992 to 1994, she was the president of the
Durham—York Progressive Conservative Association.
Politics
Munro was elected to the Ontario legislature in the
1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent
New Democrat
New Democrats, also known as centrist Democrats, Clinton Democrats, or moderate Democrats, are a centrist ideological faction within the Democratic Party in the United States. As the Third Way faction of the party, they are seen as cultural ...
Larry O'Connor in the former Durham—York riding.
She was re-elected in the redistributed riding of
York North
York North was a federal riding in Ontario, Canada, that was in the House of Commons of Canada from Confederation in 1867 until 2004.
The federal riding was eliminated in 2003 when it was redistributed between two new ridings of Newmarket—A ...
in the
1999 election.
The Tories lost the
2003 general election, but Munro was able to retain her seat by a reduced margin.
She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and again in 2014, albeit by her narrowest margin, in the riding of York-Simcoe.
Munro was
parliamentary assistant
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to the
premier from 1995 to 1998 in charge of promoting volunteerism and government
whip from 1999 to 2001.
In 2002, Munro introduced a private member's bill to clamp down on puppy mills. Earlier, the government defeated a similar bill introduced by Liberal
Mike Colle that would have licensed dog breeders and given SPCA officials the right to inspect breeding operations. Munro's bill introduced standards of care for dog breeding operations but did not call for licences or inspection rights. Critics alleged that Munro was in a conflict of interest when she introduced weaker legislation since she was a dog breeder herself. Colle said, "you don't need a licence to be a breeder, you don't get inspected. Anyone can claim to be a breeder and you don't need any qualifications." The bill was eventually passed.
She was the party's critic for the new Ontario Pension Plan, and in 2014 she was Deputy Opposition House Leader.
In January 2017, she became the longest-serving female MPP in Ontario's history.
On March 21, 2017, Munro announced she would not run for her seat again in the
2018 Ontario provincial election after 22 years in the Legislature.
Personal life
Munro was married to John and lived in
Georgina Georgina may refer to:
Names
* Georgina (name), a feminine given name
Places
Australia
* Georgina, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland
* Georgina Basin, a large sedimentary basin in Australia
* Georgina River, a riv ...
with their daughter. She taught
Barenaked Ladies drummer
Tyler Stewart
Tyler Joseph Stewart (born September 21, 1967) is the drummer for the Canadian music group Barenaked Ladies.
Role in Barenaked Ladies
Stewart met Steven Page, Ed Robertson, and Jim Creeggan at the Waterloo Busker Carnival in Waterloo, Ontario ...
at
Huron Heights Secondary School. She died on June 12, 2019, at the age of 76.
Election record
References
External links
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1942 births
Canadian people of Scottish descent
2019 deaths
People from the Regional Municipality of York
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
University of Toronto alumni
Women MPPs in Ontario
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians