Helena Guergis
Politician
1969 –
Who is Helena Guergis?
Helena C. Guergis, PC, is a Canadian politician. She represented the Ontario riding of Simcoe—Grey in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011, and was appointed Minister of State on October 30, 2008, following the October 14, 2008 Canadian federal election. Soon after starting her parliamentary career, she became involved in several controversial situations, and these increased with time in both number and severity.
Guergis was forced to resign from the Cabinet of Canada and leave the Conservative Party caucus on April 9, 2010, pending a Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into "serious" but unspecified allegations regarding her conduct. While the RCMP investigated, and eventually concluded there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing, Guergis continued to sit as an Independent Conservative in the House of Commons. She applied unsuccessfully for reinstatement to the Tory caucus. Guergis was defeated while running as an independent in the 2011 election by Kellie Leitch, her replacement as the riding's Conservative candidate.
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- Born
- Feb 19, 1969
Barrie - Also known as
- Джоэрджис, Хелена
- Spouses
- Rahim Jaffer
(2008/10/16 - )
- Rahim Jaffer
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- University of Alberta
- Georgian College
- Lived in
- Barrie
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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