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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | Gerard Kennedy |
| Address |
Toronto, Ontario , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
July 24, 1960
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 02, 2023 11:45pm |
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| Info | Gerard Michael Kennedy
Gerard Kennedy ran as a candidate for leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2006 and subsequently served as a special advisor on election readiness to Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion. He presently serves as the Critic for Infrastructure, Communities and Cities.
Prior to his involvement in federal politics Mr. Kennedy served as the Minister of Education in Ontario and as a member of the Planning and Priorities Board of Cabinet. As Minister, he led a province-wide turnaround in publicly-funded education, following a decade of conflict, cutbacks and turmoil.
First elected as a Member of Provincial Parliament in a 1996 by-election, Mr. Kennedy won the riding of York South for the Ontario Liberal Party for the first time in its 70-year history. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003 in the newly redistributed riding of Parkdale-High Park.
In 1986, Mr. Kennedy was recruited to Toronto to establish the Daily Bread Food Bank, for which he served as executive director until 1996. Every month, he was responsible for the collection and distribution of food to more than 150,000 people. He also participated in local initiatives to develop food banks in Canada and abroad.
In 1992, Toronto Life Magazine named Mr. Kennedy one of the year’s Top 50 Influential People. He was also named “Newsmaker of the Year” by the Toronto Star in 1993 and recognized by the Toronto Star as one of the city’s “Torontonians of Distinction” in 2002.
Mr. Kennedy lives with his wife Jeanette Arsenault-Kennedy and their two children in Toronto.
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