Mat Whynott

Mat Whynott
MLA for Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009
Preceded by	Barry Barnet
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Born	June 20, 1985 Halifax, NS
Political party	New Democrat

Mat Whynott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville as a member of the New Democratic Party.^[1]

Whynott was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2009 for the constituency of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville. At the age of 23 he was elected as the youngest MLA in Nova Scotia history. In June 2009, he was named the Government Caucus Whip and serves on the legislative committees of Public Account, Human Resources and Assembly Matters.

In 2009, Whynott was chosen as one of the Chronicle Herald's Top 20 Nova Scotians in their 20's from online submissions from people across the province. Before becoming an MLA, Whynott was an Outreach Assistant at the NDP Caucus office. He was a guest speaker at an international conference in Trinidad and Tobago and he has represented Canada at the United Nations, speaking at the UN's World Programme of Action for Youth. From 2004-2008, he was appointed by the Government of Nova Scotia to be the Co-Chair of the Nova Scotia Youth Advisory Council. He has also served on federal and provincial government committees for Tobacco Control.

In 2006, he was selected for an all-party group to travel to the Middle East in conjunction with the Canada Israel Committee to learn, first hand, about the conflict.

Whynott has been involved with many groups and organizations including the Knox United Church Council in Lower Sackville, he was a former Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters, a member of the Dal/IWK Adolescent Mental Health Committee and the Sherbrooke Lake United Church Camp. Whynott has also been working with the Cobequid Community Health Board in conjunction with the Youth at Risk Network to establish a Youth at Risk Centre for the Cobequid Health Region.

Whynott is majoring in political science at St. Mary's University. He lives in Lucasville with his wife Charlotte.

References

1. ^ Nova Scotia Votes 2009: Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville. cbc.ca.

External links

• Members of the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly
• Profile on NDP Caucus Site
• Mat Whynott's NSNDP profile

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Name	Whynott, Mat
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Date of birth	June 20th, 1985
Place of birth	Halifax, NS
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