Carol's Biography

Carol Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. In August 2002 Carol Mitchell won the nomination over four other candidates to become the representative for the Huron-Bruce Liberal Party. The following year she was elected as Member of Provincial Parliament. Carol was re-elected to Provincial Parliament for her second term on October 10th, 2007. Minister Mitchell was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in January 2010. Prior to that, Premier McGuinty appointed Carol as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture and Food in October of 2003. In March 2006, she was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal. Upon re-election in the fall of 2007, Carol was named the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, with a concentration on Municipal Affairs. Carol was also elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Liberal Caucus in December 2007. In September 2009, Carol was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long Term Care. Minister Mitchell has sat on many committees during her time at Queens Park including the Poverty Reduction Strategy Committee, the Results Table Committee for the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Health and Social Services Policy Committee, and the Standing Committees on Social Policy, Government Agencies, Finance and Economic Affairs and General Government. She was also an inaugural member of the Rural and Northern Health Panel. In 1999, she was elected Warden of Huron County. The next year she was re-elected Warden and became the first Warden to be elected to two consecutive terms in over one hundred years. Prior to that, she was a member of Clinton’s town council. After serving one term she moved up to the position of reeve and became a member of Huron County Council. In the first election of the newly amalgamated municipality of Central Huron, which included Clinton and the Township of Goderich and Hullet, Carol was elected reeve. Minister Mitchell was born in Clinton and raised Goderich Township located in the heart of Huron County. She attended Central Huron Secondary School then completed her studies at Fanshawe College in London. Upon graduation from college, she worked in retailing. She started her own business and opened stores in Clinton and Bayfield, specializing in children’s clothing. She ran her own business for 10 years. Minister Mitchell is married to Larry Mitchell. They reside in Clinton and have two daughters, Gabrielle, and Jasmine CONTACT Queens Park: 777 Bay St, 17th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E5 The Constituency Offices 49-51 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1794 CLINTON, ON N0M 1L0 (519) 482-5630 Toll Free 1-800-668-9320 FAX (519) 482-3149 322 Lambton Street. KINCARDINE, ON (519) 396-3007 FAX (519) 396-3011 1-866-396-3007