Appointee Biographies

JAMES MCDONELL

Jim and his wife Margie live in Glengarry County, where they raised their family of three. Over the past 40 years, Jim has volunteered for many organizations, including the Williamstown Fair and the Char-Lan Minor Soccer and Minor Hockey Associations. First elected to municipal council in 1994, Jim served 17 years as Mayor and Councilor in South Glengarry. He also served as the Warden of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry and Chair of the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and the SD&G Community Futures Development Corporation. On October 6, 2011, Jim was elected to the Ontario Legislature as the member for Stormont, Dundas, and South Glengarry. After being re-elected in 2014 and 2018, Jim retired from politics in June 2022.

TODD LALONDE

Todd Lalonde is a retired Supervisor of Parks and Landscaping with the City of Cornwall’s Infrastructure and Municipal Works Division, with a long history of public service, community leadership, and environmental stewardship. He served as a trustee and Chair of the Board of Trustees with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario from 2006 to 2022 and was Regional Director for the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association (OCSTA) from 2014 to 2022. Todd is deeply engaged in the community, serving on the boards of the Children’s Treatment Centre of Cornwall, the Family Counselling Centre of Cornwall and the United Counties, the United Way of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and as Co-Chair of the Tri-County Literacy Council. He has hosted the Hospice Cornwall telethon for 14 years and currently serves as a provincial representative to the St. Lawrence Parks Commission and a board member on the Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry OPP Detachment Board. Todd studied at Algonquin College in Ottawa and St. Lawrence College in Cornwall.