Matt Jeneroux

Matt Jeneroux MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	James Rajotte
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-South West
In office April 23, 2012 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	n/a (new district)
Succeeded by	Thomas Dang
Personal details
Born	1981/1982 (age 34–35) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Alberta (B.A. 2004)

Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux, MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He represents the electoral district of Edmonton Riverbend as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus.

Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-South West.

Jeneroux was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.

Early life and education

Jeneroux was born and raised in Edmonton and Sherwood Park, Alberta. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta. Prior to his work in provincial and then federal politics, Jeneroux worked for Health Canada and was an active community volunteer in Edmonton.

Provincial politics

He was first elected to the provincial assembly in the 2012 provincial election. In spring 2013, one year after being elected, he introduced a private member's bill entitled Compassionate Care Leave Legislation (Bill 203), the first of its kind in the history of Alberta. The bill has gone through royal assent and provides a leave of absence for an employee from his/her employer while taking care of a terminally ill loved one.

In just three years, he also had two of his motions pass unanimously in the legislature. First, to provide support for playgrounds when new schools for young families are built in the province of Alberta. He also urged the provincial government to conduct a review of the childcare policy in the province. He chaired the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices. He was defeated in the 2015 provincial election.

He also chaired the Capital Region Caucus, Youth Secretariat, and was a member of the Alberta Treasury Board committee. In addition, he chaired Results Based Budgeting for Environment and Resource Stewardship, chaired Results Based Budgeting for Wellness, a member of Public Accounts committee, co-chair of the Alberta Film Advisory Council and chair of the Government of Alberta's Youth Advisory Panel.

Federal politics

As a federal MP, Jeneroux was named to the Conservative Party of Canada Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Western Economic Diversification.

Jeneroux has also been appointed a standing member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.

Electoral record

Federal

Canadian federal election, 2015: Edmonton Riverbend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	28,805	49.89	-9.49	–
	Liberal	Tariq Chaudary	17,428	30.18	+15.69	–
	New Democratic	Brian Fleck	9,846	17.05	-4.12	–
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	1,275	2.21	-2.75	–
	Libertarian	Steven Lack	386	0.67	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,740	100.00		$215,356.33
Total rejected ballots			178	0.31	–
Turnout			57,918	71.56	–
Eligible voters			80,938
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.59
Source: Elections Canada

Provincial

Alberta general election, 2015: Edmonton-South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Thomas Dang	11,729	53.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	6,319	28.6%
	Wildrose	Cole Kander	2,291	10.4%
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	1,202	5.4%
	Alberta Party	Krishna Tailor	575	2.6%

Alberta general election, 2012: Edmonton-South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	7,010	56.55%
	Wildrose	Allan Hunsperger	2,163	17.45%
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	1,890	15.25%
	New Democratic	Sylvie Porbaix	1,076	8.68%
	Alberta Party	Bryan Peacock	257	2.07%

External links

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