About Tony Clement:
A lawyer, Tony Clement is best-known for his leadership role as Ontario Health Minister during the SARS crisis and as a leadership candidate for the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada in 2004. In addition to solid cabinet experience in the Ontario provincial government, Tony Clement has links to both the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties and is bilingual. Tony Clement was first elected as a federal member of parliament in the 2006 general election and was immediately appointed Minister of Health. Re-elected in 2008, he was appointed Minister of Industry.
Birth:
Born in 1961 in Manchester, England. Came to Canada at the age of four.
Education:
- BA in Political Science - University of Toronto
- LL.B - University of Toronto
Profession:
- lawyer
- business consultant
Political Party:
Provincial Ridings (Electoral Districts):
- Brampton South 1995-99
- Brampton West - Mississauga 1999-2003
Federal Riding (Electoral District):
- Parry Sound - Muskoka
Political Career of Tony Clement:
- Tony Clement became President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in 1990.
- From 1992 to 1995 Tony Clement was assistant principal secretary to Mike Harris when he was leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
- Tony Clement was first elected as an Ontario MPP in 1995 for the riding of Brampton South.
- He served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation, and as Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier, responsible for developing proposals on direct democracy.
- Tony Clement was appointed Minister of Transportation in 1997.
- He became Minister of the Environment in 1999 and was the minister responsible for the establishment of Ontario's Drive Clean vehicle emissions standards testing program.
- In 1999 Tony Clement was also appointed Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
- In 2000 Tony Clement became a founding president of the federal Canadian Alliance Party.
- In 2001, Tony Clement was appointed Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, a position he held until 2003. He played a strong leadership role in handling the SARS crisis in Ontario.
- Tony Clement ran for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in 2002, placing third.
- He was defeated in the Ontario general election of 2003.
- By 2004 Tony Clement had turned his attention to federal politics, and ran for the leadership of the newly formed federal Conservative Party of Canada. He came in third.
- Tony Clement ran as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Brampton West in the 2004 Canadian federal election, but was defeated.
- Tony Clement was elected to the House of Commons as the Conservative member of parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka in the 2006 general election.
- He was appointed federal Minister of Health and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario in February 2006.
- Tony Clement was re-elected in the 2008 federal election, and appointed federal Minister of Industry.
