OGGO Biographies

• First elected to Parliament in 2004
• Former small business owner
• Former Executive Director of the former Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and General Manager of the Saskatchewan Party
• Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

• Preferred Language: English

• First elected to Parliament in 2015
• Holds a B.A. from the University of Ottawa, and a college diploma in business administration-finance from Collège La Cité
• Former special assistant in the Office of the Ontario Premier
•  Government relations consultant in the private sector

• Preferred Language: French / English

• First elected to Parliament in 2019
• Former teacher (History, geography and languages) and vice-principal

• Preferred Language: French

• First elected to Parliament in 2019
• Degree in Political Science and Legal Studies from Acadia University and continued his education at McMaster University as well as the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School
• Former small business owner in Hamilton and
• Most recently served as the Executive Director of the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion
• NDP Critic for National Revenue, Public Services and Procurement, Treasury Board, Deputy Critic for Ethics
• Former municipal councilor in the city of Hamilton

• Preferred Language: English

• First elected to Parliament in 2015
• Former small business owner
• He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Digital Government and previously Shadow Minister for International Development from 2017 to 2019
• Appointed Official Opposition Critic for National Revenue from 2015 to 2017

• Preferred Language: English / French

• First elected to Parliament in 2008
• The Conservative Shadow Minister for Public Services and Procurement
• Co-Chair of the Canadian branch of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion and Belief (IPPFoRB)
• Former mayor of Waldheim, Saskatchewan for two terms
• Former Chairperson of the Gabriel Springs Health District; appointed to the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority
• Previously appointed as the Conservative critic for Transport in 2015 and the Opposition critic for Public Services and Procurement Canada in 2019

• Preferred Language: English

• First elected to Parliament in 2015
• Bachelor of Technology in industrial engineering from Ryerson University and an MBA from York University's Schulich School of Business
• A licensed Professional engineer
• Named the Parliamentary Mental Health Champion by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH); founded and chaired the Liberal Mental Health Caucus, which he later expanded in 2018 by creating the Parliamentary Mental Health Caucus
• Member of the Industry, Science and Technology Parliamentary Committee, the Government Operations and Estimates Parliamentary Committee and the Canada-China Legislative Association, the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group, and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association

• Preferred Language: English

• First elected in 2019
•  PhD from Vanderbilt University with a specialization in local government and cross-border environmental relations around the Great Lakes basin, and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science
• Worked as the Director of Partnerships for WEtech Alliance, a non-profit regional innovation center that helps grow technology companies and jobs throughout Windsor, Essex County and Chatham-Kent
• Built partnerships with industry, local schools, the University of Windsor, and St. Clair College to grow the FIRST Robotics program in Windsor and Essex that prepares young people for careers in STEM and skilled trades

• Preferred Language: English

• First elected in 2015
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Université de Moncton and a Master of Business Administration from Queen’s University
• Former senior vice president at a global consultancy firm, where he was a practice director for mergers, acquisitions, and financial communications
• Former advisor to former Prime Minister Paul Martin and former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna
• Participated in negotiations related to constitutional issues, trade agreements, and collective agreements, as well as major health, education, and election reforms

• Preferred Language: French / English

• First elected in October 2015
• Graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1982
• Advocate for seniors and former President of the Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation, the largest seniors hospital foundation on Vancouver Island
• Honourary member of the Vancouver Island Aircrew Association as an advocacy for veterans
• Over 30 years managing hotels and convention centres from Victoria to St. John’s. During that time, he served on many boards and committees including as a Vice President of the Burnaby Board of Trade, Vice Chair of the Avalon Convention and Visitors Bureau, Executive Committee of the Board of Northlands, the board of the Alberta Aviation Museum, Chairperson of the EI Board of Referees for Edmonton and Northern Alberta, and a founding c-chair of the Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels

• Preferred Language: English

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-

Sea to Sky Country

BC

• First elected in 2019
• Studied to become a Lawyer at UBC Law and McGill University
• An environmental and natural resource management lawyer represented First Nations, municipalities, small businesses and non-profits on environmental and corporate legal matters within this riding, throughout British Columbia and around the world
• Before his election, supported governments around the globe to improve the management of aquatic ecosystems as well as the governance of natural resource sectors on behalf of the United Nations and other international development agencies
• A champion of the Liberal government’s Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

• Preferred Language: English