Ontario House Speaker and longtime Conservative MPP Ted Arnott has announced he will not run in the next provincial election.
The Wellington-Halton Hills MPP said his current term will be his last, closing a chapter on a political career that has spanned more than three decades.
“To everything there is a season,” he wrote in an Oct. 15 statement. “After many conversations with my family in recent weeks, I have decided that I will not be a candidate in the provincial riding of Wellington-Halton Hills when that election is called.”
Ontario’s next election date is tentatively scheduled for June 4, 2026. Arnott said he will continue to serve his constituents to the “very best of” his ability while also upholding his duties as the Speaker of the House at Queen’s Park until the next election….