Patrick Brown, re-elected Mayor of Brampton in 2022, has served at all three levels of government. First elected in 2000 as a Barrie City Councillor, he was MP for Barrie from 2006 to 2015, chairing the GTA Caucus, and later Leader of the Ontario PC Party and Official Opposition from 2015 to 2018. Since becoming Mayor in 2018, he has delivered four tax freezes, secured major transit funding, and advanced key health care projects, including Brampton’s second hospital and the opening of TMU’s Medical School. He lives in Brampton with his wife, Genevieve, and their three children.