John Oliver (Ontario politician)

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John Oliver
Member of Parliament
for Oakville
In office
October 19, 2015 –September 11, 2019

On October 2, 2014, Oliver won the Liberal nomination for the Oakville riding in the next general election, defeating local lawyer Jennifer Malabar. [6] In the 2015 Canadian federal election, he defeated Conservative Party incumbent Terence Young by 4,480 votes. [7] On July 26, 2018, Oliver was nominated to be the Liberal candidate for the 2019 general election, becoming one of the first Liberal candidates to be nominated.[ citation needed ]

Oliver has been quoted as saying his main reason for entering politics was seeing the deterioration of Canada's healthcare and research systems by the previous government. [8] Oliver is a fierce proponent of National Pharmacare. One of his first actions after taking office was to initiate a study into a National Pharmacare program for Canada at the Standing Committee on Health. The report titled Pharmacare Now: Prescription Medicine Coverage for All Canadians was released in April 2018. [9] It calls for the creation of a national prescription drug formulary, and for the Canada Health Act be amended to include drugs prescribed outside of a hospital to be an insured service. Oliver is quoted as saying after the report's release "For me it’s simple, no Canadian should be denied access to necessary prescription medicines because they can’t afford it". [10]

He served on the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations. [11]

As of 2016, Oliver was the Chair of the Liberal Automotive Caucus. [12]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal John Oliver31,96749.40+18.67$101,542.36
Conservative Terence Young 27,48742.48-11.75$164,576.53
New Democratic Che Marville3,8305.92-8.02$12,633.98
Green David Doel1,4202.19-1.49$1,662.12
Total valid votes/Expense limit64,704100.00   $227,734.51
Total rejected ballots–––
Turnout–––
Eligible voters87,670
Source: Elections Canada [13] [14]

Personal life

John lives in Oakville with his wife Joanna. He has three children Rachel, Alex and William.

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References

  1. ↑ "Halton Healthcare CEO to retire in April". The Hamilton Spectator. 2013-10-30. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. ↑ "CEO John Oliver Retires".
  3. ↑ "The hospital of the future" . Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  4. ↑ "Repost: State-of-the-Art Hospital Opening in Oakville". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  5. ↑ Lea, David (2013-10-30). "John Oliver retiring as hospital CEO". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  6. ↑ Gregory, Michael (October 3, 2014). "Oliver lands Liberal nomination in Oakville federal riding". The Oakville Beaver.
  7. ↑ "Canada Votes". The Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. pp. GT13–GT15.
  8. ↑ "Oakville Liberal candidate wants to bring management skills to Ottawa".
  9. ↑ "Committee Report No. 14 - HESA (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  10. ↑ Bkila, John (2018-04-19). "Oakville MP John Oliver pleased with tabling of national pharmacare strategy report". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  11. ↑ "John Oliver - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada".
  12. ↑ "Liberal MPS set up 11 issue-based caucuses, four regionally based immigration caucuses". 12 September 2016.
  13. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Oakville, 30 September 2015
  14. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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