John Duncan (Canadian politician)

John Duncan
Chief Government Whip
In office
July 15, 2013 – 4 August 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byGordon O'Connor
Succeeded byAndrew Leslie
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
In office
August 6, 2010 – February 15, 2013
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byChuck Strahl
Succeeded byJames Moore
Member of Parliament
for Vancouver Island North
(North Island—Powell River; 1993–1997)
In office
October 25, 1993 – January 23, 2006
Preceded byRay Skelly
Succeeded byCatherine J. Bell
In office
October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byCatherine J. Bell
Succeeded byRachel Blaney
Personal details
Born
John Morris Duncan

(1948-12-19) December 19, 1948 (age 75)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political partyConservative
ResidenceCourtenay, British Columbia
ProfessionForestry

John Morris Duncan PC (born December 19, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Parliament of Canada from 1993 to January 2006 and again from October 2008 until August 2015. On August 6, 2010, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency until his resignation on February 15, 2013 over his inappropriate written communication to the Tax Court of Canada.[1] He later returned to Cabinet as Chief Government Whip, and served in that capacity until the 2015 election, which saw both Duncan's own defeat and the defeat of the government.

  1. ^ "Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan resigns from cabinet". CBC News. February 15, 2013. Retrieved 2015-06-29.

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