Editing Brampton (section)

==Notable people==
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{{Main|List of people from Brampton}}
Four people from Brampton have received the Order of Canada: [[Robert William Bradford]], former Director of the National Aviation Museum; Michael F. Clarke, director at Evergreen, the Yonge Street Mission for street youth in Toronto; [[Howard Pawley]], professor and former Premier of Manitoba; and [[William G. Davis]], former Premier of Ontario.

===Sports===
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* Baseball: [[Zach Pop]]
* Basketball: [[Michael Meeks (basketball)|Michael Meeks]] (internationally), [[Tyler Ennis (basketball)|Tyler Ennis]] ([[NBA]]), [[Tristan Thompson]] ([[NBA]]), [[Anthony Bennett (basketball)|Anthony Bennett]] (NBA)
* Cricket: [[Saad Bin Zafar]], [[Cecil Pervez]],
* Curling: [[Scott Bailey (curler)|Scott Bailey]], [[Peter Corner]], [[Graeme McCarrel]], [[Wayne Middaugh]], [[Allison Pottinger]]
* Field hockey: [[Bernadette Bowyer]]
* Figure skating: [[Vern Taylor]], [[Mark Janoschak]]
* Football: [[Michael Bailey (Canadian football)|Michael Bailey]] (CFL), [[Fernand Kashama]] (CFL), [[Chris Kowalczuk]] (CFL), [[Rob Maver]] (CFL), [[Jerome Messam]] (CFL, NFL), [[Jason Nugent]] (CFL), [[Junior Turner]] (CFL), [[Steven Turner]] (CFL), [[Jabar Westerman]] (CFL), [[Jamaal Westerman]] (NFL), [[James Yurichuk]] (CFL)<ref>{{cite news |first=Mogan |last=Campbell |title=Local boy not quite local enough for the CFL |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/290632 |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=2008-01-03 |access-date=2008-01-03 }}</ref> [[Nakas Onyeka]] (CFL)
* Golf: [[David Hearn (golfer)|David Hearn]]; [[Steve Duplantis]] (caddy)
* Hockey: [[Andrew Cassels]], [[Mike Danton]], [[Mike Dwyer (ice hockey)|Mike Dwyer]], [[Todd Elik]], [[Chris Felix]], [[Sheldon Keefe]], [[Tom Laidlaw]], [[Kris Newbury]], [[Rick Nash]], [[Tyler Seguin]], [[Jamie Storr]], [[Mike Weaver (ice hockey)|Mike Weaver]], [[Mike Wilson (ice hockey)|Mike Wilson]], [[Sean Monahan]], [[Tyler Graovac]], [[Cassie Campbell]], [[Mikyla Grant-Mentis]], [[Scott Wedgewood]]
* Horse-racing: [[Sid C. Attard]], [[Patrick Husbands]], [[Robert P. Tiller]], [[Emma-Jayne Wilson]]
* Lacrosse: [[Jim Veltman]] (NLL)
* Sailing: [[Kevin Stittle]]
* Soccer: [[Gabe Gala]] (MLS), [[Atiba Hutchinson]] (Super Lig), [[Peter Roe (soccer)|Peter Roe]] (ASL, MISL), [[Murphy Wiredu]], [[Doneil Henry]], [[Junior Hoilett]], [[Paul Stalteri]], [[Roger Thompson (soccer)|Roger Thompson]], [[Cyle Larin]], [[Tajon Buchanan]], [[Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty]], [[Liam Millar]]
* Speed skating: [[Tyson Heung]], [[Andrew Quinn (speed skater)|Andrew Quinn]]
* Tennis: [[Jill Hetherington]], [[Milos Raonic]]
* Track and field: [[Charles Allen (athlete)|Charles Allen]], [[Mark Boswell (athlete)|Mark Boswell]], [[Kate Van Buskirk]]
* Wrestling: [[Ohenewa Akuffo]]

===Politics===
{{see also|Brampton City Council}}
<!--add politicians to this para-->Three Canadian premiers got their start in Brampton; Premiers [[Tobias Norris]] and [[Howard Pawley]] OC of Manitoba, and "Brampton Billy", Ontario premier [[William Grenville Davis]] CC. Other notable politicians include [[John Coyne (politician)|John Coyne]], and Conservative opposition leader [[Gordon Graydon]]. Alberta politician and businessman [[James Alexander Lougheed|Sir James A. Lougheed]] was born in Brampton, and served 30 years in Senate; [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] mayor [[David Lynch Scott]] was born here.

President of the Treasury Board [[Tony Clement]] spent time as a Brampton MPP. [[John McDermid]] held various cabinet positions under Brian Mulroney, [[Bal Gosal]] Minister of State-Sport, and former Mayor [[Linda Jeffrey]] held cabinet positions at the provincial level. Incumbent mayor Patrick Brown served as leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]] and as leader of the official opposition from 2015 until 2018 prior to serving as mayor. He was also a federal MP and provincial MPP, but not for Brampton.

[[Ruby Dhalla]] represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the Canadian House of Commons. [[Parm Gill]] was elected as the member of parliament from the Conservative Party of Canada for the riding of Brampton-Springdale in 2011, who was also appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veteran Affairs in 2013.

[[Jagmeet Singh]] began his political career in Brampton running in two elections in 2011, defeated in the federal election in May but elected Member of Provincial Parliament for Bramalea—Gore—Malton in October. In 2015 he became [[deputy leader]] of the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]]. In 2017 he became [[party leader|leader]] of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|federal NDP]], the first member of a visible minority to become permanent leader of a major federal party in Canada.

===Arts===
Authors born in or living in Brampton include [[Rohinton Mistry]], [[Jesse Thistle]], [[Edo Van Belkom]] and [[Rupi Kaur]] (poet).

Visual arts notables from Brampton include etcher [[Caroline Helena Armington]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.askart.com/askart/a/caroline_helena_armington/caroline_helena_armington.aspx |title=Caroline Armington - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Caroline Helena (Wilkinson) Armington |publisher=Askart.com |access-date=2011-02-19}}</ref> [[Ronald Bloore]], Member of the [[Order of Canada]]; Organiser and member of the "[[Regina Five]]",(1960)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=Clara Hargittay |url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ronald-bloore/ |title=Bloore, Ronald |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=1925-05-29 |access-date=2011-02-19 }}</ref> watercolourist [[Jack Reid]], and [[William Ronald]], who was raised in town. [[Norman Mills Price]]. Animators [[David Feiss]] and [[Jay Stephens]] grew up here.

Music acts from Brampton include Punk band [[The Flatliners]], Indie Rock band [[Moneen]], R&B singer [[Keshia Chanté]], country singer [[Johnny Reid]], "Metal Queen" [[Lee Aaron]] and pop singer [[Alyssa Reid]]. Country singer and "World Champion Yodeller" [[Donn Reynolds]] lived here from 1969 to 1997.<ref>{{cite web|author=Brampton Guardian |url=http://news.ourontario.ca/Brampton/results?q=Donn+Reynolds&st=kw |title=Reynolds, Donn |publisher=Our Ontario Newspapers |access-date=2013-05-29}}</ref> Barry Stock, guitarist from [[Three Days Grace]] was raised in Brampton, and currently resides in Caledon. Singer [[Alessia Cara]], hip-hop artist [[Roy Woods]], and hip-hop artist [[Tory Lanez]] were also born in Brampton. Hip-hop record producer [[WondaGurl]] was also born in Brampton. Punjabi hip hop artist [[Sidhu Moose Wala]] launched his music career while living in Brampton.

===Film, television and comedy===
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<!--add comedians to this para-->Two notable comedians hail from Brampton: [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]] and [[Russell Peters]].

Comedic actor [[Michael Cera]] was born and raised in Brampton. The twin actors [[Shawn Ashmore]] and [[Aaron Ashmore]] (''[[Smallville]]'') are Brampton-raised. The sibling actors [[Tyler Labine]] (''[[Mad Love (TV series)|Mad Love]]'') and [[Kyle Labine]] were born in Brampton.

Other Brampton-born or affiliated actors include [[Paulo Costanzo]], [[Jordan Gavaris]], [[Gemini Award]] winner [[Kris Lemche]], [[Lara Jean Chorostecki]], [[Sabrina Grdevich]], [[Nicole Lyn]], actor and producer [[David Phillips (actor, host)|David J. Phillips]], reality TV star and art dealer [[Billy Jamieson]], performer [[George R. Robertson]], and performer [[Sidhu Moose Wala]].

Others include voice actor [[Brenna O'Brien]], and on-air media personalities [[Cassie Campbell]], [[Chris Connor]], [[Chris Cuthbert]] and [[Scott McGillivray]].