Shadow cabinet

Justice

Minister
Rob Nicholson

Age:
59

Hometown:
Niagara Falls, Ont.

Past
experience: Nicholson was a lawyer and worked in municipal politics before
entering the federal ring.

Joe
Comartin

Age:
63

Hometown:
Windsor, Ont

Past
experience: Comartin was a trial lawyer in Windsor, who fought and won
compensation for families devastated by industrial illnesses.

Health

Minister
Leona Aglukkaq

Age:
43

Hometown:
Thom Bay,
Taloyoak and Gjoa Haven, Nunavut

Past
experience: Aglukkaq is a career politician serving in the federal
government, the territorial government and her municipal council.

Libby
Davies

Age:
58

Hometown:
Vancouver,
B.C.

Past
experience: Davies is a community activist, working in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown
Eastside. She has also served as a Vancouver
city councilor and at a hospital union.

Environment

Minister
Peter Kent

Age:
67

Hometown:
Thornill, Ont.

Past
experience: Kent
spent 40 years working as a journalist before being elected to parliament in
2008.

Megan
Leslie

Age:
37

Hometown:
Halifax, N.S.

Past
experience: Megan’s background in community activism. She worked as a
community legal worker and founded an affordable energy coalition.

National
Defence

Minister
Peter MacKay

Age:
45

Hometown:
New Glasgow, N.S.

Past
experience: MacKay worked as a lawyer specializing in criminal and family
law.

Jack
Harris

Age:
62

Hometown:
St. John’s,
Nfld.

Past
experience: Harris worked as a lawyer before being elected in 2008. This is
his second stint as defence critic.

Foreign
Affairs

Minister
John Baird

Age:
42

Hometown:
Ottawa, Ont.

Past
experience: Baird is a career politician who served in the Ontario legislature from 1995-2005, before
being elected to the House of Commons in 2006.

Paul
Dewar

Age:
48

Hometown:
Ottawa, Ont.

Past
experience: Dewar is the son of former Ottawa
mayor and NDP MP Marion Dewar. He started his career as an elementary school
teacher in Ottawa
and served on the local teachers’ federation. This is his second stint
as foreign affairs critic.

Treasury
Board

Minister
Tony Clement

Age:
50

Hometown:
Port Sydney, Ont.

Past
experience: Clement has a law degree, but has spent most of his career
working in politics serving in the Ontario
legislature as part of Mike Harris’ government. He was elected federally
in 2000 and has been Minister of Health and Minister of Industry.

Alexandre
Boulerice

Age:
37

Hometown:
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec

Past
experience: Before winning in 2011, Boulerice was a communications adviser
for the Canadian Union of Public Employees. He also worked as a journalist in
Quebec.

Aboriginal
Affairs

Minister
John Duncan

Age:
62

Hometown:
Campbell River,
B.C.

Past
experience: Duncan
worked in B.C.’s forestry industry before being elected to the House of
Commons in 1993. This is his second time serving as minister in this
portfolio.

Linda
Duncan

Age:
61

Hometown:
Edmonton,
Alta.

Past
experience: Duncan is the lone NDP in Alberta. Duncan established the enforcement unit at Environment
Canada and worked for the Yukon
government. She has also established environmental enforcement systems in
several foreign countries. Duncan is also
active in Edmonton’s
environmental scene.