John Wilkinson is a politician in

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, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, from 2003 to 2011 representing the predominantly rural ridings of Perth—Middlesex and

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for the

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. He served in cabinet as Minister of Research and Innovation, Revenue and Environment. He was defeated in the 2011 election by Conservative Randy Pettapiece.

Background

Before entering public life, Wilkinson was a financial planner in Stratford. He is a certified financial planner and a founder of Wilkinson & Keller Financial Planning Ltd,John Wilkinson , Biography
he is also a former chair of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. He also worked as the finance chair of his church organization for seven years. In 2002, he was awarded the Julia Award from the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Association for his volunteer work. He is a member of the

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Advisory Board.

Politics

Wilkinson ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1999 election, losing to Progressive Conservative incumbent Bert Johnson by over 6000 votes.Ontario votes , Results of 1999 and 2003 elections
/ref> In the 2003 election, he defeated Johnson by about 1500 votes in a rematch. The Liberals won the election,Mapleleaf Web , 2003 Ontario General Election
/ref> and on May 21, 2004 Wilkinson was named parliamentary assistant to

Leona Dombrowsky Leona Dombrowsky (born April 29, 1957) is a Canadian former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2011 who represented the ridings of Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addingto ...

, the

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. He was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election,Ontario elections , 2007 results
/ref> and was named to provincial cabinet as Minister of Research and Innovation. In a cabinet shuffle on June 24, 2009, he became the province's Minister of Revenue and on August 18, 2010 became Minister of Environment. In the 2011 election he was narrowly defeated by Conservative Randy Pettapiece by 210 votes.

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

http://www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/media/EO_Site/unofficial_244/ED070-F0244.pdf

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, John Living people Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Stratford, Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people)