bryon wilfert

Bryon Wilfert, P.C., B.A., B.Ed., M.A., (born July 14, 1952 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Richmond Hill for the Liberal Party. He is currently the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment. Wilfert has B.A., B.Ed. and M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto, as well as a degree in Public Administration from St. Lawrence College. In addition, he is an Accredited Municipal Clerk. He taught History and Political Science at Havergal College in Toronto from 1977 to 1997. 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 the Greater 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 the 2004 election. 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 on January 11. Wilfert, Bryon Wilfert, Bryon Wilfert, Bryon

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