Peter Schiefke
Peter Schiefke | |
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change | |
Assumed office December, 2019 | |
Minister | Jonathan Wilkinson |
Preceded by | Sean Fraser |
Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil—Soulanges | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Jamie Nicholls |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Youth) | |
Assumed office December 2, 2015 | |
Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction | |
Assumed office August 31, 2018 | |
Minister | Bill Blair |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | April 13, 1979
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Paula Ruttle |
Residence | Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec |
Alma mater | Concordia University McGill University |
Profession | Environmentalist Singer |
Peter Schiefke MP (born April 13, 1979) is a Canadian environmentalist and Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Vaudreuil—Soulanges in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] On December 2, 2015, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Youth affairs.[2] Since December 2019, he has been Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.[3] In 2021, following the Liberal party's introduction of Bill C-32, an Act to amend the Official Languages Act, Schiefke began to make public statements about his belief that Québec is its own nation whose official language is exclusively French, thereby aligning himself with his party's position that English is not an official language in the nation of Québec and that it should not have equal status in the province.[4]
Biography[edit]
Peter Schiefke spend his early childhood in Hudson, Quebec and then grew up in Montreal graduating from Rosemount High School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Concordia University and a Master of Science in Renewable Resources from McGill University. He was a member of the Quebec pop group INMOTION[5] in September 2000. This group had some success in the early 2000s and appeared on the Radio-Canada television program La Fureur.
While a student at Concordia in 2002, Peter Schiefke launched the We Will Always Remember project, aimed at raising awareness among youth of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers around the world, for which he received the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation in 2003.[6] In 2006, he and Awel Uwihanganye founded the Concordia Volunteer Abroad Program (CVAP), now known as Community, Empowerment, Education, Development (CEED). This organization organizes cooperation and development projects in the Gulu region of Uganda.
Peter Schiefke also co-founded Youth Action Montreal[7] in 2006 with Mohamed Shuriye to promote the engagement of Montreal college and university students in sustainable development and environmental protection. In 2007, this organization organized the conference "Less Talk, More Action: A Youth Summit on Climate Change", which was attended by Al Gore and David Suzuki and brought together thousands of people at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.[8] In 2009, he was appointed National Director of The Climate Reality Project Canada Foundation,[9] and after his term was appointed to the Board of Directors.
Political career[edit]
Peter Schiefke ran for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination in Vaudreuil-Soulanges in July 2014, with the federal election coming up the following year. On February 24, 2015, he was chosen as the candidate on the second ballot at a nomination meeting where he was up against two other candidates. On October 19, he was elected with 46.6% of the vote, defeating sitting New Democratic Party MP Jamie Nicholls.
In December 2015 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Youth.[10] In August, he added the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, Bill Blair.
He ran again in the 2019 election and was re-elected. He was subsequently appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, in December 2019.
Electoral record[edit]
2019 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Peter Schiefke | 32,254 | 47.3 | +0.68 | $108,254.46 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Noémie Rouillard | 16,600 | 24.4 | +9.36 | none listed | |||
Conservative | Karen Cox | 7,804 | 11.5 | -2.31 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Amanda MacDonald | 7,368 | 10.8 | -11.51 | none listed | |||
Green | Cameron Stiff | 3,405 | 5.0 | +2.79 | none listed | |||
People's | Kaylin Tam | 711 | 1.0 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,142 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 962 | |||||||
Turnout | 69,104 | 72.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 95,435 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.34 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11][12] |
2015 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Peter Schiefke | 30,550 | 46.62 | +34.23 | – | |||
New Democratic | Jamie Nicholls | 14,627 | 22.31 | -21.19 | – | |||
Bloc Québécois | Vincent François | 9,858 | 15.04 | -8.62 | – | |||
Conservative | Marc Boudreau | 9.048 | 13.81 | -3,8 | – | |||
Green | Jennifer Kaszel | 1,445 | 2.21 | -0.63 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 65,528 | 100.0 | $231,083.77 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 714 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 66,242 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 89,766 | |||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +27.71 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[13][14] |
References[edit]
- ^ Liberal Peter Schiefke elected in Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Global News, October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Bill Blair, Adam Vaughan among new parliamentary secretaries". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ Dec 12, Marco Vigliotti Published on; 2019 11:29am (2019-12-12). "Trudeau names parliamentary secretaries for new cabinet". iPolitics. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Joel Goldenberg, Trudeau's Bill C-32 declares French as Quebec's official language". www.thesuburban.com. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ "Artistes I". www.quebecpop.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ Canada, Anciens Combattants (2019-02-14). "Peter Christopher Schiefke - Mention élogieuse du ministre des Anciens Combattants - Anciens Combattants Canada". www.veterans.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Youth Action Montreal | YOUTH DIGITAL MEDIA ECOLOGIES IN CANADA". ydme.ca. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "The Climate Reality Project Canada". The Climate Reality Project Canada. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "Peter Schiefke député de Vaudreuil-Soulanges nommé secrétaire parlementaire en matière de Jeunesse | INFOSuroit.com" (in French). 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vaudreuil—Soulanges, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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