Riding InformationThe riding of Whitby-Oshawa includes the
town of Whitby, the village of Brooklin and
the northwest section of the city of Oshawa.
Your Member of Parliament is Jim Flaherty.
Jim is also Minister of Finance and Minister
Responsible for the GTA. For more information
on Jim, visit
his website or read his biography
below.
Based on 2001 census data the population
of the riding is 112,805 people with 89,296
registered voters and 203 polling divisions.
Learn about the History
of the Riding from the year 1867.
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Jim
Flaherty, MP Whitby-Oshawa
Jim
Flaherty is a second term Member of Parliament for
Whitby-Oshawa (Ontario), first elected in 2006.
Since then, he has served as Canada's Minister of
Finance and Minister Responsible for the Greater
Toronto Area. He is a Governor of the World Bank
and the International Monetary Fund. As Minister
of Finance, he is also an ex-officio member of all
Cabinet Committees.
Previously, from 1995 to 2005, Jim served as the
Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby - Ajax.
In Ontario, he served as Deputy Premier, Minister
of Finance, Attorney General and Minister of Labour.
He graduated from Princeton University cum laude
and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the
Bar in Ontario with honours and practised law for
more than twenty years before being elected to public
office.
Jim is married to Christine Elliott who serves
as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the same
riding, Whitby-Oshawa. They live in Whitby with
their 17-year-old triplet sons.
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