Education
Ballinger was educated at the University of Waterloo and Toronto Teacher"s College.
Ballinger was educated at the University of Waterloo and Toronto Teacher"s College.
See Bill South. Ballinger for the author and screenwriter
He owns and operates Artforms, in Stouffville, Ontario. He served as mayor, councillor and regional councillor in Uxbridge, Ontario. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Ross Stevenson by 482 votes.
He served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1988 to 1989.
The Liberals were defeated by the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, and Ballinger lost his seat to NDP candidate Larry O"Connor by 1,230 votes.
He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990 who represented the GTA riding of Durham—New York