Brigitte Belton

Brigitte Belton is a Canadian truck driver who started the 2022 Canada convoy protest (initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers).

Personal life

Belton is from Wallaceburg, Ontario. She is married, and is both a mother and a grandmother.

Originally an Ontario Party's candidate in 2022, Belton now supports the New Blue Party of Ontario, both minor right-wing populist political parties.

Activism

On 16 November 2021 Canadian Border Services Agency officers refused Belton entry to Canada at the Detroit–Windsor Tunnel due to her failure to wear a face mask.

In May 2022, Belton was selected as the Ontario Party's candidate for the Elgin-Middlesex-London riding. She won 1,092 votes, representing 2.49% of the votes cast, losing to Rob Flack.

At the October 2022 Public Order Emergency Commission, commission lawyer Stephen Armstrong stated Belton vented her frustration via her TikTok feed before using the platform to connect with Chris Barber and then later initiating the planning of the Canada convoy protest. Armstrong said that Belton, Chris Barber, and James Bauder all took part in a Facebook Live event on 13 January 2022, to plan the protest's route and logistics. She stated she is not against vaccinations, but is against vaccination mandates, as she believes people should be able to make this health choice for themselves. In July 2022, Belton's social media connected Lich to the pending purchase of Saint Brigid's Church in Ottawa, which was being occupied by The United People of Canada.

Electoral history