Murdoch, Bill

Ontario, Bruce - Grey - Owen Sound, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Bill is currently MPP for Bruce Grey-Owen Sound and Rural Affairs Critic for the Opposition.

He was elected to the Ontario Legislature in September 1990, as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Grey. He was re-elected in June 1995 for a second term, this time as the member for Grey-Owen Sound. After winning his third term in 1999, Bill was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Northern Development and Mines, serving as the member for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. Bill was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour in 2001, and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Environment and Energy in 2002.

Bill is currently serving his fourth term as the member for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, after winning his fourth straight election in that riding in October 2003.

He has been the Municipal Affairs and Transportation Critic, Deputy Agricultural Critic, as well as serving on numerous committees over the past 15 years, namely Regulations and Private Bills, Resources Development, Public Accounts, and Committee on the Ombudsman.

Bill was born and raised in Sydenham Township, attending school there and in Owen Sound.

While formerly involved in industry, he now operates his family's cow/calf operation near Bognor. He and his wife, Susan, have two daughters, Karen and Angie.

Other Bruce - Grey - Owen Sound Candidates:
Cook, William, Reform Party of Ontario
DeVries, Irma, Family Coalition Party of Ontario
Hicks, Selwyn, Ontario Liberal Party
Johnstone, Paul, New Democratic Party of Ontario
Jolley, Shane, Green Party of Ontario