Jonathan Wilkinson
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson PC MP | |
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Minister of Natural Resources | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 26, 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Seamus O'Regan |
Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Catherine McKenna |
Succeeded by | Steven Guilbeault |
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard | |
In office July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Dominic LeBlanc |
Succeeded by | Bernadette Jordan |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |
In office December 2, 2015 – July 18, 2018 | |
Minister | Catherine McKenna |
Preceded by | Colin Carrie |
Succeeded by | Sean Fraser |
Member of Parliament for North Vancouver | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Saxton |
Personal details | |
Born | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada | June 11, 1965
Political party | Liberal |
Other political affiliations | New Democratic (formerly) |
Residence | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan (B.A.) University of Oxford, McGill University (Masters) |
Profession | Businessman |
Jonathan Wilkinson PC MP (born June 11, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of natural resources since 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Wilkinson was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for North Vancouver in 2015. He previously served as the minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard from 2018 to 2019 and minister of environment and climate change from 2019 to 2021. Before entering politics, Wilkinson was a constitutional negotiator and businessman who spent 20 years in the private sector, mainly with green technology companies.
Early life and education[]
Wilkinson was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and grew up in Saskatoon.[1] He was the former leader of the New Democratic Party's youth wing in Saskatchewan.[1][2]
Wilkinson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to be named the Prairies Rhodes Scholar in 1988, reading Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.[3] He earned master's degrees in international relations, politics, and economics from Oxford and McGill.[1]
Career[]
Wilkinson was an advisor to Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow and served in the provincial civil service from 1991 to 1995, when he joined Bain & Company's Toronto branch.[1] In 1999, he relocated to Vancouver to work for QuestAir Technologies, a gas purification company and he became its CEO in 2002.[1] In 2009, he became the senior vice-president for business development in Nexterra Systems, a biomass company.[1] In 2011, Wilkinson became the CEO of BioteQ Environmental Technologies, a water treatment company based in Vancouver.[1]
Political career[]
Wilkinson defeated Conservative junior minister Andrew Saxton by a nearly 2-to-1 margin amid the Liberal wave that swept through Greater Vancouver in the 2015 federal election. North Vancouver and its predecessor, North Vancouver—Burnaby, had been in the hands of a centre-right party for all but four years since 1979. He was reelected in 2019 by a reduced margin, but still bested Saxton by 16 percentage points in a rematch.
On November 20, 2019, Wilkinson was appointed Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the 29th Canadian Ministry.
Electoral record[]
2019 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jonathan Wilkinson | 26,979 | 42.87 | -13.78 | $98,189.08 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Saxton | 16,908 | 26.87 | -0.02 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Justine Bell | 10,340 | 16.43 | +8.64 | $40,432.73 | |||
Green | George Orr | 7,868 | 12.50 | +4.19 | $39,810.86 | |||
People's | Azmairnin Jadavji | 835 | 1.33 | – | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,930 | 99.45 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 349 | 0.55 | +0.21 | |||||
Turnout | 63,279 | 71.20 | -4.57 | |||||
Eligible voters | 88,874 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.88 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4][5] |
2015 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jonathan Wilkinson | 36,458 | 56.65 | +26.94 | $149,970.51 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Saxton | 17,301 | 26.88 | -20.67 | $149,776.24 | |||
Green | Claire Martin | 5,350 | 8.31 | +3.08 | $135,108.48 | |||
New Democratic | Carleen Thomas | 5,015 | 7.79 | -9.06 | $21,413.99 | |||
Libertarian | Ismet Yetisen | 136 | 0.21 | – | $1,942.47 | |||
Independent | Payam Azad | 94 | 0.15 | – | $22.40 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,354 | 100.00 | $220,823.27 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 218 | 0.34 | – | |||||
Turnout | 64,572 | 76.79 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 84,093 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +23.80 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8] |
External links[]
- Official Website
- Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister
- Jonathan Wilkinson – Parliament of Canada biography
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Blackwell, Richard (6 September 2012). "BioteQ's Jonathan Wilkinson a business oddity, but no fish out of water". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Liberals select North Shore candidates for 2015 federal election". Vancouver Sun. 28 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "The Impact of Philanthropy: The Rhodes Trust Donor Report 2011–2012" (PDF). rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for North Vancouver, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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