Yasir Naqvi
The Honourable Yasir Naqvi MPP | |
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre | |
Assumed office 10 October 2007 | |
Preceded by | Richard Patten |
Personal details | |
Born |
1973 (age 42–43) Karachi, Pakistan |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Christine McMillan (m. 2012) |
Children | 1 |
Residence | Ottawa, Ontario |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Yasir Abbas Naqvi MPP (born c. 1973) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. He represents the riding of Ottawa Centre. He was also the President of the Ontario Liberal Party. He is a member of the Ontario cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Background
Naqvi was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan and immigrated to Canada with his family in 1988 at the age of 15 after his father was arrested for leading a pro-democracy march.[1][2] Naqvi settled in the Niagara Falls, Ontario-area and attended McMaster University and the University of Ottawa Law School. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 2001 and began practising in international trade law at Lang Michener LLP and eventually became a partner.[2] He left Lang Michener in 2007 to join the Centre for Trade Policy and Law at Carleton University. He was President of the Liberal Party of Ontario.[3]
The Ottawa Citizen named Naqvi as one of its "People to Watch in 2010", with a profile in the 9 January 2010 Saturday Observer headlined "Yasir Naqvi, he's a firecracker".[4] Ottawa Life magazine also included him in its Tenth Annual "Top 50 People in the Capital" list for 2010.[1] In a September 2011 column, Adam Radwanski of The Globe and Mail called Naqvi "possibly the hardest-working constituency MPP in the province."[5]
Prior to entering politics he volunteered with a number of community associations including the Centretown Community Health Centre and the Ottawa Food Bank.[1]
Politics
Naqvi ran in the 2007 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Ottawa Centre. He defeated NDP candidate Will Murray by 2,094 votes.[6] He was re-elected in 2011 and 2014.[7][8]
He was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Rick Bartolucci, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, in the cabinet announcement of 30 October 2007.[9] On 3 October 2008, he was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Revenue Dwight Duncan. On 24 June 2009 a cabinet shuffle moved John Wilkinson into the role of Minister of Revenue and Naqvi was kept on as his Parliamentary Assistant. On 2 September 2010 Naqvi was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to Minister of Education Leona Dombrowsky.[10]
Naqvi introduced three Private Member's Bills - the "Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act",[11] the "City of Ottawa Amendment Act", and the "Escaping Domestic Violence Act". None were carried forward. Parts of the City of Ottawa Amendment Act were passed as part of the 2010 budget. On 17 September 2009, Naqvi introduced a co-sponsored notion with NDP member France Gélinas declaring the third week of February "Kindness Week", inspired by a successful Kindness Week initiative underway in Ottawa.[12]
In March 2013, an article appeared in the Toronto Sun which claimed that Naqvi had endorsed an Islamist book on men physically punishing their wives.[13] The following day in the National Post, Naqvi denied having endorsed the book.[14]
In February 2013, when Kathleen Wynne took over as Premier, she appointed Naqvi to her first cabinet as Minister of Labour.[15] After the June 2014 election, Naqvi was moved to the position of Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services and Government House Leader.[16] On 13 June 2016 he assumed the role of Attorney General following a cabinet shuffle.[17]
Cabinet positions
Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne | ||
Cabinet Posts (3) | ||
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Predecessor | Office | Successor |
Madeleine Meilleur | Attorney General 2016-present |
Incumbent |
Madeleine Meilleur | Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services 2014–2016 |
David Orazietti |
Linda Jeffrey | Minister of Labour 2013–2014 |
Kevin Flynn |
Special Parliamentary Responsibilities | ||
Predecessor | Title | Successor |
John Milloy | Government House Leader (2014-present) |
Incumbent |
Electoral record
Ontario general election, 2014: Ottawa Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | Yasir Naqvi | 27,600 | 51.67 | +4.86 | ||||
New Democratic | Jennifer McKenzie | 10,891 | 20.39 | −8.74 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Rob Dekker | 9,675 | 18.11 | −0.21 | ||||
Green | Kevin O'Donnell | 4,135 | 7.74 | +3.42 | ||||
Libertarian | Bruce A. Faulkner | 832 | 1.56 | +1.08 | ||||
Communist | Larry L. Wasslen | 279 | 0.52 | +0.21 | ||||
Total valid votes | 53,412 | 100.0 | +5.74 | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.80 | ||||||
Source(s) |
Ontario general election, 2011: Ottawa Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Yasir Naqvi | 23,646 | 46.81 | +11.90 | $ 102,168.00 | |||
New Democratic | Anil Naidoo | 14,715 | 29.13 | −1.77 | 83,779.02 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Rob Dekker | 9,257 | 18.33 | −1.59 | 27,933.58 | |||
Green | Kevin O'Donnell | 2,184 | 4.32 | −8.03 | 5,902.64 | |||
Independent | Kristina Chapman | 309 | 0.61 | 3,418.00 | ||||
Libertarian | Michal Zeithammel | 240 | 0.48 | 0.00 | ||||
Communist | Stuart Ryan | 160 | 0.32 | −0.07 | 394.11 | |||
Total valid votes / Expense Limit | 50,511 | 100.00 | −3.41 | $ 112,575.19 | ||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 290 | 0.57 | −0.13 | |||||
Turnout | 50,801 | 53.74 | −4.51 | |||||
Eligible voters | 94,533 | +4.57 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.34 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( Excel Spreadsheet). Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 28, 2014. |
Ontario general election, 2007: Ottawa Centre | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Yasir Naqvi | 18,255 | 34.91 | −10.19 | $ 74,103.43 | |||
New Democratic | Will Murray | 16,161 | 30.90 | +7.92 | 76,746.81 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Trina Morissette | 10,416 | 19.92 | −2.77 | 41,039.06 | |||
Green | Greg Laxton | 6,458 | 12.35 | +4.62 | 9,967.33 | |||
Family Coalition | Danny Moran | 516 | 0.99 | 627.00 | ||||
Independent | Richard Eveleigh | 283 | 0.54 | 70.00 | ||||
Communist | Stuart Ryan | 204 | 0.39 | −0.23 | 928.61 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense Limit | 52,293 | 100.0 | +5.79 | $ 97,635.24 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 366 | 0.70 | −0.02 | |||||
Turnout | 52,659 | 58.25 | +2.62 | |||||
Eligible voters | 90,403 | +1.00 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 10, 2007 General Election" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2007" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 28, 2014. "2007 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 28, 2014. |
References
- 1 2 3 Lochhead, Kimberly; Hartley, Jen; Cornforth, Rob. "Tenth Annual TOP 50 People in the Capital". Ottawa Life. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010.
- 1 2 Coyle, Jim (30 October 2009). "Life in politics a 'badge of honour'". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "Executive Council". Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ↑ "Yasir Naqvi — 'He's a firecracker". Ottawa Citizen. 9 January 2010.
- ↑ "The race that could make Ottawans forget federal politics for a while". The Globe and Mail. 8 September 2011.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 10 October 2007. p. 10 (xix). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 6 October 2011. p. 12. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ↑ "General Election by District: Ottawa Centre". Elections Ontario. 12 June 2014.
- ↑ Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (31 October 2007). "Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area". Toronto Star. p. A13.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Assistants Ready For New Portfolios". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2 September 2010.
- ↑ "Ottawa MPP to introduce own SCAN legislation". Ottawa Citizen. 2 June 2008.
- ↑ "Choose to be Kind!". United Way of Ottawa. 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Book on Islam condoning hitting wives features letter from Ontario labour minister". Toronto Sun. 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "Ontario labour minister says he didn't read book on Islam condoning spousal abuse before writing letter of support". National Post. 12 March 2013.
- ↑ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Kitchener, Ont. 12 February 2013. p. A3.
- ↑ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (24 June 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "Yasir Naqvi appointed Ontario's AG as Kathleen Wynne shuffles cabinet". CBC News. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
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