Jack MacLaren
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Jack MacLaren MPP |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Carleton—Mississippi Mills |
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Assumed office October 6, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Norm Sterling |
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| Born | 1951 (age 65–66) MacLarens Landing, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | MacLarens Landing, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Queen's University |
| Occupation | Farmer, civil engineer |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Jack MacLaren (born c. 1951) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2011. He represents the eastern Ontario riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills.
MacLaren was born in MacLarens Landing, Ontario in 1951. His family has lived there since 1826 and the village is named after his family. He is a past president of the Ontario Landowners Association and graduated with a BSc in civil engineering from Queen's University in 1972.
In 2011, MacLaren contested the party's nomination in the riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills competing against the sitting MPP Norm Sterling, who had represented the riding in Queen's Park for 34 years. MacLaren won the nomination with the help of one of Sterling's fellow MPPs, Randy Hillier. Hillier, who was also a past president of the Ontario Landowners Association, campaigned on behalf of MacLaren.
In the 2011 provincial election, MacLaren ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in Carleton—Mississippi Mills winning against Liberal candidate Megan Cornell by about 9,102 votes. In the 40th Parliament of Ontario, MacLaren served as his party's deputy critic for infrastructure and transportation from October 26, 2011 to September 30, 2013, when he was promoted to be his party's critic for Senate and Democratic reform.
He was re-elected in the June 2014 provincial election defeating Liberal candidate Rosalyn Stevens by 10,029 votes. On July 4, 2014, it was announced that MacLaren would continue be the party's critic for Senate and Democratic Reform.
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