Neil Lumsden | |
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.jpg) Lumsden in 2024 | |
| Minister of Sport | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2022 | |
| Premier | Doug Ford |
| Preceded by | Lisa MacLeod |
| Member of theOntario Provincial Parliament forHamilton East—Stoney Creek | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Miller |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Neil James Lumsden (1952-12-19)December 19, 1952 (age 73) London, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Education | Crescent School (Toronto) |
| Football career | |
| No. 32 | |
| Positions | Fullback •Running back |
| Career information | |
| University | Ottawa Gee-Gees |
| CFL draft | 1976 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1976–1978 | Toronto Argonauts |
| 1978–1979 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| 1980–1985 | Edmonton Eskimos |
Operations | |
| 1996–1999 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Canadian Football Hall of Fame (Class of 2014) | |
Neil James Lumsden[1]ECO MPP (born December 19, 1952) is a Canadian politician and retired professionalfootball player. Lumsden was elected to theLegislative Assembly of Ontario in the2022 provincial election. He serves as Minister of Sport.
Lumsden played his entire professional career in theCanadian Football League (CFL), mostly as afullback and also as arunning back for theToronto Argonauts,Hamilton Tiger-Cats andEdmonton Eskimos from 1976 to 1985.
Lumsden played high school football atNorthern Secondary School and graduated fromCrescent School inToronto.[citation needed]
Some of his career highlights include theVanier Cup with theUniversity of OttawaGee-Gees in 1975, being the eastern conference nominee forMost Outstanding Rookie in 1976, losing out to John Sciarra of theBC Lions, and winning threeGrey Cup Championships withEdmonton Eskimos from 1980 to 1982, and again being a Grey Cup winner in 1999 as General Manager of theHamilton Tiger-Cats. In the 1981 Grey Cup game Lumsden, with 8 receptions for 91 yards plus a carry for 2 yards, was selected as the Outstanding Canadian and was awarded theDick Suderman Trophy.[citation needed]
In ten seasons, Lumsden played in 141 regular season games and carried the ball 767 times for 3,755 yards and 36 touchdowns. He also had 180 receptions for 1,729 yards and 15 more touchdowns. He was called several times during his career to fill in as a placekicker and punter.[citation needed]
Lumsden worked briefly in cycling when he was appointed COO of the Hamilton, Ontario,UCI Road World Championships in 2003. This was only the fourth time the road cycling world championships had taken place outside Europe.[citation needed]
Lumsden now headsDrive Marketing,[2] a sports marketing firm and a division ofOK&D Marketing Group[3] ofBurlington, Ontario.
Lumsden acted as Honorary Chairman of the 2008 DesjardinsVanier Cup inHamilton, Ontario.[citation needed]
In 2014, Lumsden was inducted into theCanadian Football Hall of Fame.[4]
In 2022, he was nominated to run as a candidate for theProgressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the provincial electoral riding ofHamilton East—Stoney Creek.[5][6] He was then elected to theLegislative Assembly of Ontario in the2022 provincial election.[7] He was appointed Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport in June 2022.[8] In June 2024, he became Minister of Sport.[9]
His sonJesse Lumsden was also aCFL football player who played for theHamilton Tiger-Cats,Edmonton Eskimos, andCalgary Stampeders before retiring in 2011. He is now a member of the Canadian Olympic Bobsled Team.[citation needed]
In 2015, he and his daughter, Kristin Lumsden, a makeup artist/skincare specialist living and working inToronto, competed in thethird season ofThe Amazing Race Canada. In the first six legs, they placed 10th, 6th, 1st, 6th, 7th, and 6th. In the seventh leg, they placed last in 7th place and were eliminated from the show.[citation needed]
| 2022 Ontario general election:Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Neil Lumsden | 12,166 | 34.60 | +5.78 | $47,580 | |||
| New Democratic | Zaigham Butt | 9,614 | 27.34 | −23.82 | $82,230 | |||
| Liberal | Jason Farr | 7,411 | 21.07 | +8.99 | $73,616 | |||
| Independent | Paul Miller | 2,411 | 6.86 | -44.29 | $8,083 | |||
| Green | Cassie Wylie | 1,740 | 4.95 | +0.67 | $381 | |||
| Ontario Party | Domenic Diluca | 1,052 | 2.99 | $4,627 | ||||
| New Blue | Jeffery Raulino | 693 | 1.97 | $11,785 | ||||
| Electoral Reform | Cameron Rajewski | 79 | 0.22 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,166 | 98.74 | +0.08 | $121,750 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 449 | 1.26 | –0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,615 | 40.95 | –12.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,774 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | +14.80 | ||||||
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