Tyler Allsopp
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
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| term_start7 = September 19, 2024
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| predecessor7 = Todd Smith
| riding7 = Bay of Quinte
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| party = Progressive Conservative
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Tyler Allsopp {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MPP}} (born {{birth based on age as of date|20|2013|2|24|noage=1|slash=n}}) is a Canadian politician and Progressive Conservative member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Bay of Quinte.{{cite web |last1=Huston |first1=Gabrielle |title=Tyler Allsopp projected to win provincial Bay of Quinte byelection |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/2024-bay-of-quinte-ontario-byelection-winner-results-1.7327157 |website=CBC |publisher=CBC News |access-date=20 September 2024}} He previously served as a member of city council in Belleville as a Ward 1 councillor from 2021 to 2024, and owned a bicycle shop.
Background
Allsopp was raised in Belleville, Ontario. A graduate of St. Lawrence College in Business and Marketing, he worked as a bike mechanic at Doug's Bicycle, owned by Mayor Neil Ellis, before taking the store over in 2013.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Jason |title=Changing gears at Doug's |url=https://www.intelligencer.ca/2013/02/24/changing-gears-at-dougs |website=The Belleville Intelligencer |publisher=Postmedia |access-date=20 September 2024|date=24 February 2013}} Allsopp sold his interest in the business in 2024.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on September 19, 2024, caused by the resignation of Todd Smith. At the time of his election Allsopp had been a member of Belleville city council since 2021. He was appointed to city council in January 2021 following the death of Councillor Pat Culhane, having had the highest votes of the defeated candidates in the 2018 municipal election. Allsopp retained his council seat in the 2022 municipal election.{{cite news |title=Coun. Allsopp said to be PC candidate to replace Todd Smith |url=https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/coun-allsopp-said-to-be-candidate-to-replace-todd-smith |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=Belleville Intelligencer |date=August 20, 2024}}
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Election results
{{2025 Ontario general election/Bay of Quinte}}
References
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:Politicians from Belleville, Ontario
Category:Ontario municipal councillors
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario