Who is Mason Ainswoth?

My name’s Mason Ainsworth and I’m a councillor in the City of Orillia and I’m on my second term on council so this is year five of me being elected. I was elected at the age of 22 in Orillia, which makes me the youngest elected Orillia official in its history which is pretty exciting.

Originally my family is from Orillia so my father grew up here, his parents and their parents, they’ve been around since before Canada was a country, so quite a long time. My mother on the other hand she’s from a small place called Strathroy just outside of London. My parents met in Barrie and I was born in London, Ontario.

Then we moved here, I was probably around one, and we moved back to Orillia because my stepsisters were here at the time and my dad wanted me to grow up with them around so we’ve been up here ever since. I went to elementary school, high school, university, college – the whole shabang.