Randy Boissonnault officially known as Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault PC MP is a Canadian politician. He is currently the Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, he represents the riding of Edmonton Centre in the House of Commons.
Boissonnault was initially elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019. He later went on to win back his seat in the 2021 federal election. He was one of five openly gay MPs elected in 2015 and the first to be elected from Alberta.
Randy Boissonnault was born in the Franco-Albertan town of Morinville, Alberta, Canada. He attended the University of Alberta and later furthered his education at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He subsequently worked as a lecturer at the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean and as a journalist and political commentator for Radio-Canada and Les Affaires.
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Boissonnault was elected in the 2015 election in the riding of Edmonton Centre, the first Liberal MP to win in the riding for almost a decade. Upon being sworn in as a Member of Parliament, Boissonnault was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
On November 15, 2016, Boissonnault was named special advisor on LGBTQ2 issues to the Prime Minister. The role involves advising Trudeau “on the development and coordination of the Government of Canada’s LGBTQ2 agenda” including protect ing LGBT rights in Canada and addressing both present and historical discrimination.
He was defeated in the 2019 election. On July 14, 2021, he was acclaimed as the Edmonton Centre Liberal candidate for the next Canadian federal election. He won the election on September 20, 2021, defeating James Cumming, who had previously defeated him in 2019. He was appointed the minister of tourism and associate min ister of finance in a Cabinet shuffle following the 2021 federal election.
Randy Boissonnault height
He stands at 1.75m.
Randy Boissonnault Age
He is 52 years old. He was born on July 14, 1970.
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