Bruce Smith (Ontario politician)
Bruce Smith is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999. Background
Smith has a diploma in Urban Design from Fanshawe College, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Waterloo, and a degree in Public Administration from the University of Western Ontario. He worked as a senior planner in the city of London, Ontario after graduating, and was also a planner in the neighbouring township of Westminster. He also served as president of the Middlesex Progressive Conservative Association. Politics
Smith was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election in the riding of Middlesex, defeating Liberal Doug Reycraft and incumbent New Democrat Irene Mathyssen. Smith served as a backbench supporter of Mike Harris's government for the next four years. He ran for re-election in the redistributed riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London in the 1999 election. He lost to Liberal Steve Peters by just over 1,000 votes. He ran against Peters again in the 2003 election but lost by over 11,000 votes. Later life
He is currently chair of the Fanshawe College Board of Governors. Smith endorsed Frank Klees for the leadership of the Ontario PC Party in 2004. See also
 List of University of Waterloo people

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Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Living people
Politicians from London, Ontario
University of Western Ontario alumni
University of Waterloo alumni
Fanshawe College alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)