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Don Meredith (politician)
Don Meredith (born July 13, 1964)〔(Toronto Centre Conservatives welcome new candidate Don Meredith ), Toronto Centre Conservative EDA press release, December 21, 2007 (retrieved January 3, 2008)〕 is an ordained minister〔 in Canada, executive director of the GTA Faith Alliance which focuses on the issue of youth violence, particularly involving gangs and guns, and a member of the Canadian Senate.〔(Award Recipients - Urban Leadership Awards 2006 ), Canadian Urban Institute〕〔Whittington, Les, "Harper calls 4 by-elections for March 17; Two former Liberal leadership candidates Rae and Hall Findlay to run in Toronto ridings", ''Toronto Star'', December 22, 2007〕〔Welsh, Moria, "Faith in ending violence; 'We are not going to sit back and let 2006 become like 2005'; City's church leaders pray, then announce extensive plan Response to gangs includes 400 mentors for at-risk youth", ''Toronto Star'', January 3, 2006〕〔Fowlie, Jonathan, "No more bodies on our streets", ''Globe and Mail'', April 3, 2004〕 The GTA Faith Alliance has organized peace rallies in the Malvern and Rexdale communities of Toronto following incidents of violence as well as organizing town hall meetings on related community issues.〔 Meredith was the Conservative candidate in the March 17, 2008 federal by-election in Toronto Centre. He received 12.5% of the vote, and placed fourth behind Liberal victor Bob Rae and the New Democratic and Green candidates.
Meredith was appointed to the Canadian Senate on December 18, 2010 as a Conservative. He was expelled from the Conservative caucus on June 17, 2015, however, following allegations that he had conducted a two-year affair with a teenager that began when the girl was 16.〔http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/sen-meredith-out-of-tory-caucus-after-teen-alleges-sexual-relationship-1.2428121?hootPostID=e8dbf919b1d26b7c2b30eb7b2d10989d〕
==Background==
Born and raised in Jamaica, Meredith immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen in the early 1980s.〔(Elect Don Meredith ) Campaign website, retrieved January 31, 2008〕 He attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute but never graduated; while he was a student at Ryerson, he began Donscape Landscaping Services (c. 1994), which he still owns and operates.〔
Meredith was ordained a minister in 2006,〔 is a graduate of Rhema Studies of Theology Association,〔(Toronto Kiwanis - Don Meredith ) (speaker's biography), retrieved January 4, 2008〕 which is a non-degree granting association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rsota.org/biblical_home.htm )〕 He is the volunteer Senior Pastor at the Pentecostal Praise Centre in Maple, Ontario〔("Senate appointee known as activist preacher leading campaigns against gun violence )", ''Globe and Mail'', December 20, 2010〕 close to Richmond Hill, Ontario〔 where he now lives.〔Grech, Caroline, "(Residents express cell tower health worries )", ''The Liberal'' (Richmond Hill), December 1, 2007〕 Meredith is a member of the Chief’s Advisory Council for the Toronto Police Services; he has also been a member of the York Region Community Police Liaison since 2004, as well as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Consultative Committee since 2005.〔 He is the former Co-Chair of the Black Community Police Consultative Committee, an advisory group of community members who advise the police on various issues. Meredith participated in the “Black Family Summit,” held in August 2006.〔(Black Family Summit, 2006 ) accessed December 21, 2007〕
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