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| Affiliation | Liberal |
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| Name | David Pratt |
| Address |
, Ontario , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
January 03, 1955 |
| Died |
Still Living
(69 years) |
| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modifed | User 13
Jan 08, 2004 04:32pm |
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| Info | First elected Member of Parliament for Nepean–Carleton in June 1997, David Pratt was re-elected in November 2000. He is currently the Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
He has served on two standing committees: Environment and Sustainable Development and National Defence and Veterans Affairs.
Active in Liberal Party caucus committees, he was Chair of the National Capital Region Caucus and was also asked by the Prime Minister to chair the first caucus committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defence and International Cooperation. From 1999-2000, he served as Canada’s Special Envoy to Sierra Leone.
Prior to his election to Parliament, Mr. Pratt served three terms in municipal politics. He was first elected to Nepean City Council in 1988 and was re-elected in 1991 to sit on both Nepean City Council and Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council. He was acclaimed in 1994 to the first directly elected Regional Council for Ottawa-Carleton. On Nepean Council, he served as Deputy Mayor and chaired the Parks and Recreation and Public Works committees. On Regional Council, he worked on transportation and environment issues and was a member of both the first Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board and the public transit commission. He also served on the National Board of Directors for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Pratt worked on Parliament Hill as an executive assistant, was a writer/researcher for CBC Sports and the public relations officer for the National Ski Team. He was also very involved in the community through volunteer work.
He received his B.A. in Political Science from Carleton University in 1976.
He and his wife Joan reside in South Nepean.
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