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Ottawa Centre Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Ottawa Centre Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Liberal Hon Yasir Tel: 416-325-0408 www.yasirnaqvi.onmpp.ca Attorney General Naqvi Fax: 416-325-6067 Email: [email protected] Commissioner, Board of Address: 109 Catherine Street Internal Economy Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0P4 Tel: 613-722-6414 Government House Fax: 613-722-6703 Leader 2014 Election: 52%, PC 18%, NDP 20% Meeting set for February 11th at 4:00 pm Profile: Naqvi was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1988 at the age of 15 after his father was arrested for leading a pro-democracy march. Naqvi attended McMaster University and the University of Ottawa Law School. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 2001 and began practising in international trade law at Lang Michener LLP and eventually became a partner. He left Lang Michener in 2007 to join the Centre for Trade Policy and Law at Carleton University. He was President of the Liberal Party of Ontario. The Ottawa Citizen named Naqvi as one of its "People to Watch in 2010", with a profile in 9 January 2010 Saturday Observer headlined "Yasir Naqvi, he's a firecracker". Ottawa Life magazine also included him in its Tenth Annual "Top 50 People in the Capital" list for 2010. In a September 2011 column, Adam Radwanski of The Globe and Mail called Naqvi "possibly the hardest-working constituency MPP in the province." Prior to entering politics he volunteered with a number of community associations including the Centretown Community Health Centre and the Ottawa Food Bank. Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Ottawa-Orleans Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Liberal Hon Marie- Tel: 416-325-7255 www.mariefrancelalonde.onmpp.ca Minister of Community France Fax: 416-325-7219 Safety and Correctional Services Lalonde Email: [email protected] Address: Unit 206 Minister Responsible for 250 Centrum Boulevard Francophone Affairs Orléans, Ontario K1E 3J1 Tel: 613-834-8679 2014 Election 54%, PCs 33%, Fax: 613-834-7647 NDP 9% Profile: Lalonde was born in Ottawa, Ontario and she grew up in Gatineau, Quebec. She attended Collège de l'Outaouais and later the University of Ottawa. She worked for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Hospital and is co-owner of Portobello Manor, a senior's residence. She lives in Orleans, Ontario with her husband Alvaro and their daughter. Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Ottawa South Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Liberal John Fraser Tel: 416-327-0205 www.johnfraser.onmpp.ca Chair, Standing Fax: 416-325-3862 Committee on Email: [email protected] Government Agencies Address: 1828 Bank Street Ottawa, Ontario K1V 7Y6 Member, Standing Tel: 613-736-9573 Committee on Public Accounts Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (Health) 2014 Election: 50%, PC 32%, NDP 12% Profile: Fraser was former Premier Dalton McGuinty's local constituency assistant for 14 years. He was selected as the Liberal Party candidate at a nomination meeting on June 20. Fraser was born in Ottawa and grew up in Elmvale Acres and Alta Vista. Before becoming McGuinty's aide in 1999, Fraser was a businessman. According to his biography, "he spearheaded the Our Children, Our Hospital campaign to save the Cardiac Care Unit at CHEO and organized a fundraiser which raised $20,000 for the Heron Road Emergency Food Bank, [and] for a number of years, he served as a palliative care volunteer at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital and as a coach to the Canterbury Mustangs Football Team." He is married to Linda Fraser and has three children. Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Ottawa-Vanier Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Liberal Nathalie Des Tel: 416-326-2220 Parliamentary Assistant to Rosiers Fax: 416-326-4016 www.nathaliedesrosiers.onmpp.ca the Minister of Housing Email: [email protected] Parliamentary Assistant to Address: 237 Montreal Road the Minister Responsible Vanier, Ontario K1L 6C7 for Women's Issues Tel: 613-744-4484 Fax: 613-744-0889 November 2016 By- Election: Lib 49%, PCs 30%, NDP 15% Profile: Nathalie Des Rosiers is a well known constitutional law expert. She served as the General Counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, (CCLA) a national organization that acts as a watchdog for the protection of human rights and civil liberties in Canada, from 2009 to 2013. In that capacity, she has appeared in front of Parliament and various legislative bodies to defend the rule of law and constitutional protections. The CCLA is also an intervener in front of all levels of courts in Canada. Prior to her appointment to the CCLA, Me Des Rosiers was Interim Vice-President - Governance for the University of Ottawa (2008-2009), Dean of the Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa (2004-2008), President of the Law Commission of Canada (2000-2004). She has been in private practice in Montreal and London, Ont. and was professor of law at Western Law School for many years. She was a member of the Environmental Appeal Board of Ontario, of the Pay Equity Board of Ontario, a Commissioner of the Ontario Law Reform Commission and a Board member of the Law Commission of Ontario. She also served as the President of the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities, President of the Council of Law Deans, President of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers and of the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario. She has received many honours, including the Order of Canada in 2013, the Order of Ontario in 2012, an Honourary Doctorate from the UCL (Université catholique de Louvain) in Belgium in 2012, an Honourary Doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Medal from the Law Society of Upper Canada, the NUPGE Award, the APEX Partnership Award and was named one of Canada's 25 most influential lawyers in both 2011 and 2012. She replaced the Hon Madeleine Meilleur Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Nepean-Carleton Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Progressive Lisa MacLeod Tel: 416-325-6351 www.lisamacleod.com Vice-Chair, Standing Conservative Fax: 416-325-6364 Committee on Public Email: [email protected] Accounts Address: Unit 10 3500 Fallowfield Road Critic, President of the Nepean, Ontario K2J 4A7 Treasury Board Tel: 613-823-2116 Fax: 613-823-8284 2014 Election 47%, Liberal 33%, NDP 13% Profile: Macleod was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She went to St. Francis Xavier University where she obtain a degree in political science. She moved to Ottawa in 1998 with a goal of becoming involved in politics.[ She worked as an assistant to Ottawa City Councillor Jan Harder and as a riding assistant to federal Member of Parliament (MP) Pierre Poilievre. She is married to Joseph Varner and they have one daughter, Victoria. Varner was a candidate in the 2003 provincial election but lost to Richard Patten. Macleod was elected to the Ontario legislature in a by-election that was held to replace John Baird who resigned to run for the federal House of Commons. She won the election on March 30, 2006, beating her Liberal opponent Brian Ford in the Ottawa-area riding of Nepean—Carleton by a margin of 6,000 votes. She was re-elected in 2007, 2011 and 2014. MacLeod announced her candidacy for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party on October 6, 2014 but withdrew on February 6, 2015 following federal cabinet minister John Baird's announcement that he was resigning from cabinet and would not be running for re-election to the Canadian House of Commons. MacLeod told reporters that she has been “under enormous pressure from my constituents to seek the federal nomination to replace John Baird,” in the new riding of Nepean.[14] MacLeod decided not to seek Baird's seat in the House of Commons, and remained at Queen's Park. As of July 2014, she is the party's critic for Treasury Board issues. Ottawa Area MPPs January, 2017 Ottawa West-Nepean Party Name Contact #’s Web Site Notes Liberal Hon Bob Tel: 416-327-6758 www.bobchiarelli.onmpp.ca Minister of Infrastructure Chiarelli Fax: 416-327-6758 Email: [email protected] 2014 Election: 46%, PC 33%, NDP 14% Address: Suite 201 2249 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K2B 7E9 Tel: 613-721-8075 Fax: 613-721-5756 Profile: Bob Chiarelli was raised in the Little Italy area of Ottawa near Preston Street. His parents were entrepreneurs owning a number of stores in the neighbourhood. He was the youngest of their seven children. He was an ice hockey player in high school and attended Clarkson University, New York, on a hockey scholarship. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and then returned to Ottawa to attend the University of Ottawa law school. He began his legal practice in 1969. He served for seven years on the National Capital Commission. He lives in Ottawa with his partner Randi Hansen and enjoys spending time with his five adult children and two grandchildren. In November 1997, Chiarelli contested the position of Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton. He defeated incumbent Peter Clark. Chiarelli's win was the only Ottawa municipal contest where an incumbent was upset. For the next three years, he advocated eliminating the region's "two-tiered" government, and amalgamating the regional municipalities into a single city. The provincial government of Mike Harris did this in 2000, and Chiarelli declared himself a candidate to become the first mayor of the amalgamated city of Ottawa.
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