Peter Bethlenfalvy
Peter Bethlenfalvy MPP | |
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Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office December 31, 2020 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Rod Phillips |
President of the Treasury Board of Ontario | |
In office June 29, 2018 – June 18, 2021 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Eleanor McMahon |
Succeeded by | Prabmeet Sarkaria |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Pickering—Uxbridge | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Tracy MacCharles |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | Financial executive |
Website | peterbethlenfalvympp |
Peter Bethlenfalvy is a Canadian businessman and politician who is the Ontario minister of finance since December 31, 2020.[1][2] Bethlenfalvy has sat in the Ontario Legislature as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Pickering—Uxbridge since the 2018 Ontario provincial election, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. He served as President of the Ontario Treasury Board from 2018 to 2021.
Early life and education[]
Bethlenfalvy was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Hungarian immigrants.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree in physiology, a master's in business administration from McGill University, and a master of arts degree from the University of Toronto.[4]
In business, Bethlenfalvy served as the chief investment officer at CST Consultants Inc. He has also held various other senior financial roles: senior vice-president of financial regulations at Manulife Financial, co-president of DBRS Ltd. (where the agency downgraded Ontario's long- and short-term debt ratings in 2009) and as president and chief operating officer of TD Securities in New York.[5]
Political career[]
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election.[6] Pickering-Uxbridge was a new provincial riding for 2018. It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham. The PC Party won a majority mandate and on June 29, 2018, Bethlenfalvy was appointed president of the Treasury Board in Premier Doug Ford's Cabinet.[7]
In office, Bethlenfalvy has worked on projects such as a line-by-line review of government spending,[8] government modernization initiatives called the Smart Initiatives[9], and a public sector compensation limitation bill.[10]
Bethlanfalvy became finance minister after the controversial resignation of Rod Phillips on December 31, 2020.[2]
Electoral record[]
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Peter Bethlenfalvy | 22,447 | 42.20 | |||||
New Democratic | Nerissa Cariño | 17,033 | 32.02 | |||||
Liberal | Ibrahim Daniyal | 10,851 | 20.40 | |||||
Green | Adam Narraway | 2,105 | 3.96 | |||||
Libertarian | Brendan Reilly | 273 | 0.51 | |||||
Independent | William Myers | 194 | 0.36 | |||||
Ontario Moderate Party | Netalia Duboisky | 111 | 0.21 | |||||
Independent | Michelle Francis | 96 | 0.18 | |||||
Independent | Eric Sivadas | 83 | 0.16 | |||||
Total valid votes | 53,193 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[11] |
References[]
- ^ Loriggio, Paolo. "'Together we will blaze a new trail,' says Ontario's new Premier Doug Ford". CTV News. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ a b Herhalt, Chris (December 31, 2020). "Rod Phillips resigns as Ontario finance minister following secret pandemic getaway". CTV News. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- ^ "Transcript: Peter Bethlenfalvy: The Money Man | May 13, 2019 | TVO.org". www.tvo.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "LinkedIn".
- ^ Calis, Kristen. "MPP-elect Peter Bethlenfalvy turns Pickering blue". DurhamRegion. Metroland Media. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Henry, Michelle (June 7, 2018). "PCs sweep Durham, Ajax and Pickering-Uxbridge". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Full list of Doug Ford's new cabinet in Ontario". Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Line-by-Line Review". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Ontario streamlines transfer payments, moves to online-first driver's licence and health card renewals | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Ontario introduces legislation to limit compensation increases in the public sector". Emond Harnden. 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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