Chris Bittle

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Chris Bittle
MP
Member of Parliament
for St. Catharines
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
ProfessionLawyer

Christopher Joseph Bittle MP (born February 17, 1979) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected to represent the riding of St. Catharines in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. [2] He currently serves as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, [3] sitting on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. [4] He previously served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and as Deputy House Leader of the Government. [5] Bittle is the youngest MP to hold the Deputy House Leader position in the House of Commons. [6]

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Early life and career

Born in Niagara Falls, Bittle graduated from St. Paul Catholic Secondary School [7] before attending Queen's University where he graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree. He then attended law school at the University of Windsor where he received a Bachelor of Laws. [8] [9] Before he was elected Member of Parliament, he worked at Lancaster, Brooks and Welch LLP, [10] as a civil litigator focusing in matters like commercial disputes, real state litigation defamation, and landlord tenant matters. In addition to practicing law Bittle also served as Chair of Quest Community Health Centre, a not-for-profit Community Health Centre in St. Catharines. [11] Bittle also worked as an instructor in the Department of Continuing Education at Niagara College and as seminar leader at Brock University. [12]

Political career

Bittle was elected as a first time Member of Parliament in October 2015. He received 24,870 votes and defeated incumbent Rick Dykstra.

In September 2017, Bittle was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, the youngest Member of Parliament to hold that position. [13] In December 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, where he worked alongside Minister Marc Garneau and Minister Omar Alghabra to invest in public transit and particularly on safe travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. [14]

In March 2021, Bittle was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson. [15] Bittle is also a member of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. [16]

Bittle was re-elected as an Member of Parliament in the 2021 Canadian federal election but with a decreased share of the vote. [17]

In August 2022 Bittle apologized to University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist for accusing Geist of racism during a twitter dispute. [18] [19]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : St. Catharines
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Chris Bittle 22,06937.59-2.64$63,959.39
Conservative Krystina Waler19,01832.39+0.82$106,257.96
New Democratic Trecia McLennon12,29420.94+0.26$13,666.86
People's Rebecca Hahn3,8606.57+5.20$10,008.13
Green Catharine Rhodes1,0911.86-4.29$205.19
Total valid votes/expense limit58,33299.36-0.19$118,995.79
Total rejected ballots3770.64+0.19
Turnout58,70964.51-1.95
Eligible voters91,010
Liberal hold Swing -1.70
Source: Elections Canada [20]

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2019 Canadian federal election : St. Catharines
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Chris Bittle 24,18340.23-2.95$87,246.25
Conservative Krystina Waler18,97831.57-6.00$114,133.28
New Democratic Dennis Van Meer12,43120.68+4.16none listed
Green Travis Mason3,6956.15+3.56$5,554.85
People's Allan deRoo8261.37none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit60,11399.17
Total rejected ballots5060.83+0.41
Turnout60,61966.46-1.28
Eligible voters91,215
Liberal hold Swing +1.52
Source: Elections Canada [22] [23]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Chris Bittle24,87043.2+22.6–
Conservative Rick Dykstra 21,63737.6-13.3–
New Democratic Susan Erskine-Fournier9,51116.5-7.3–
Green Jim Fannon1,4882.6-1.2–
Communist Saleh Waziruddin850.1-0.1–
Total valid votes/Expense limit57,591100.0 $221,576.61
Total rejected ballots243––
Turnout57,834––
Eligible voters84,474
Source: Elections Canada [24] [25] [26]

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