Trevor Jones (Canadian politician)
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Trevor Jones | |
|---|---|
 Jones in 2023 | |
| Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness | |
| Assumed office March 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Flack |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Chatham-Kent—Leamington | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rick Nicholls |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Children | 3 |
Trevor Jones MPP is a Canadian politician who has been Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness since March 2025. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, he was first elected to represent Chatham-Kent—Leamington in the Legislative Assembly in the 2022 provincial election and reelected in the 2025 provincial election. He was previously a Leamington town councillor from 2020 to 2022.
Jones was born in Leamington, Ontario.[1] He attended the University of Windsor, earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science and history in 1997 and a Master of Arts in 2001. In 2002, he joined the Ontario Provincial Police and served in the Chatham-Kent and Essex County detachments, becoming a sergeant in 2009 before taking leave in early 2018.[2][3]
Jones subsequently entered the private sector and served as the Senior Director of Grower and Community Relations for Mastronardi Produce. He also lobbied the Doug Ford government for Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers.[2][3]
Municipal politics
In October 2018, Jones ran in the municipal elections for Leamington for one of five council seats and finished sixth. In December 2020, after the death of an incumbent councillor, Jones was appointed councillor as the most successful non-elected candidate to serve the remaining two years in the term.[4][5][6] Jones held the post until resigning shortly after being elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.[7]
Provincial politics
In December 2021, Jones was appointed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario as the party's nominee for Chatham-Kent—Leamington in the 2022 Ontario general election after incumbent MPP Rick Nicholls was kicked out of the party in August 2020 for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine.[8] On June 2, 2022, Jones was elected, defeating an Ontario New Democratic Party challenger and Nicholls.[1][9]
On June 29, 2022, Jones was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.[10] On September 22, 2023, he additionally became Deputy Government House Leader.[11] On March 28, 2024, he switched Parliamentary Assistant roles, being assigned to the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade.[10]
On June 6, 2024, Jones became the Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response, dropping his Parliamentary Assistant and house leadership duties shortly afterwards.[10] On February 27, 2025, Jones was reelected in the Ontario general election with over 52% of the vote.[12] On March 19, he was promoted to Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, replacing Rob Flack.[13]