Jim Flaherty
Politician
1949 –
Who is Jim Flaherty?
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP is Canada's Minister of Finance and Ontario's former Minister of Finance. From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax, and a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris, and unsuccessfully sought the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives on two occasions.
Flaherty won the riding of Whitby—Oshawa in the federal election held January 23, 2006 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada narrowly beating Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2011. Flaherty's wife Christine Elliott represents Whitby—Oshawa in the Ontario Legislature.
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- Born
- Dec 30, 1949
Lachine - Spouses
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- York University
- Osgoode Hall Law School
- Lived in
- Montreal
- Whitby
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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