- Bryon Wilfert
Infobox CanadianMP | name=Bryon J. Wilfert
term_start=1997 federal election
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predecessor= "Riding created"
birth_date= birth date and age |1952|07|14
birth_place=Toronto ,Ontario
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death_place=
profession= Teacher
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=Richmond Hill, Ontario
riding=Richmond Hill
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spouse=Elizabeth Wilfert|Bryon J. Wilfert, PC, MP (born
July 14 ,1952 in Toronto,Ontario ) is a Canadianpolitician . He is a current member of theCanadian House of Commons , representing the riding of Richmond Hill for the Liberal Party. He was theParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment until the defeat of the Martin government in the 2006 federal election.Wilfert has
Bachelor of Arts ,Bachelor of Education and Master of Arts degrees from theUniversity of Toronto , as well as a degree in Public Administration fromSt. Lawrence College . In addition, he is an Accredited Municipal Clerk. He taught History and Political Science atHavergal College in Toronto from1977 to1997 .Wilfert was elected as a Richmond Hill councillor in
1985 . He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election, scoring an easy victory in theGreater Toronto Area riding of Oak Ridges. He was re-elected by an increased majority in the election of 2000, and won another easy victory in his new riding in the 2004 election.He is generally regarded as being on the fiscally conservative wing of the Liberal Party. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance in
2002 -03, and was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment after the2004 election. After the election in 2006, Wilfert was appointed to be official opposition critic of Foreign Affairs (Asia-Pacific).Wilfert was the Caucus Liaison in the successful
2006 Liberal leadership bid by Stéphane Dion . He is believed to be one ofStéphane Dion 's closest confidents, having served as Mr. Dion's parliamentary secretary during his tenure as Minister of the Environment.During his first term in parliament, he brought forward a private member's bill that would have created "Sir
John A. Macdonald Day" as a national holiday onJanuary 11 .External links
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