Chudleigh was born in Peel County, Ontario in 1943.[1] He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University in 1965. He later worked for the Ministry of Agriculture, and owned an IGA store in the Niagara Region. From 1980 to 1995, he was the Executive Vice-President of the Ontario Food Processors Association. His brother Tom Chudleigh is the owner of Chudleigh's Limited, a commercial bakery and farm based in the Milton area whose frozen desserts are sold by grocery retailers throughout North America.
The Tories lost the provincial election of 2003, and Chudleigh was returned with a greatly reduced margin of victory.[4] He endorsed Frank Klees's unsuccessful bid to lead the Progressive Conservative Party in 2004.
Ted Chudleigh was re-elected as the MPP for Halton in the 2007 provincial election by 176 votes over the Liberal candidate Gary Zemlak,[5] and was re-elected for a fifth time in 2011 by more than 3,000 votes over Liberal candidate Indira Naidoo-Harris.[6] In 2014, Chudleigh faced Naidoo-Harris again, this time losing to her by about 4,000 votes.[7]
During his time in government he served as Parliamentary Assistant to several ministers. During his time in opposition he was his party's critic for various roles and between 2004 and 2011 he served as Deputy Opposition Whip.
