Peter Alexander Fillmore MP (born April 25, 1966) is a Canadian Liberal politician who has represented the riding of Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.[2]
Andy Fillmore | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions | |
| In office January 30, 2017 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Minister | Karina Gould |
| Preceded by | Mark Holland |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Chairman of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs | |
| In office February 4, 2016 – January 27, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Blake Richards |
| Succeeded by | MaryAnn Mihychuk |
| Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Megan Leslie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 25, 1966 Bloomington, Indiana, United States |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Halifax, Nova Scotia[1] |
| Alma mater | Halifax Grammar School '84 Technical University of Nova Scotia Harvard Graduate School of Design |
| Profession | city planner, urban designer |
Early life and education edit
Born in Bloomington, Indiana to Atlantic Canadian parents studying abroad in the United States, Fillmore returned to the family's native Nova Scotia at the age of four. In Halifax he attended Tower Road School, Halifax Grammar School, Gorsebrook Junior High, and Queen Elizabeth High School. He began his post-secondary studies in engineering at Acadia University but transferred to the Technical University of Nova Scotia (since merged into Dalhousie University) where he completed an undergraduate architecture degree in 1990, followed by a graduate degree in urban and rural planning in 1992. He was awarded a graduate degree in Design Studies (specialty in Urban Design) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1995.[3]
Career edit
An urban planner and urban designer by profession, Fillmore began his career in Boston, Massachusetts working on the Big Dig project as an urban designer, and later joined the architecture and planning firm Arrowstreet Inc. He later moved to Maine where he was the Town Planner in Cumberland, Maine, and subsequently founded the architectural design and town planning firm Interurban Planning & Design. In 2005, he returned home to Halifax, Nova Scotia to serve as the first-ever Manager of Urban Design for the City of Halifax, leading the implementation of the "HRM by Design" Downtown Halifax Plan.[4] He also served as Director of the Dalhousie University School of Planning, and was vice president, Planning & Development of the Waterfront Development Corporation Limited, a crown corporation charged with revitalizing prominent post-industrial waterfronts in Nova Scotia.
As Member of Parliament for Halifax, Fillmore has held a number of additional responsibilities in the House of Commons and in the Government of Canada. In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, Fillmore was appointed in December 2015 to the all-party Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.[5] On February 4, 2016, he was elected as the chairman of the committee, serving in that role until January 2017.[6] Beginning in January 2017, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions, Karina Gould. Beginning September 2018, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, Pablo Rodriguez. Following his reelection to the House of Commons for the 43rd Canadian Parliament in the October 2019 federal election, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna.
Electoral record edit
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andy Fillmore | 21,905 | 42.74 | +0.26 | $103,501.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Roberts | 20,347 | 39.70 | +9.66 | $90,503.01 | |||
| Conservative | Cameron Ells | 6,601 | 12.88 | +1.30 | $2,924.56 | |||
| Green | Jo-Ann Roberts | 1,128 | 2.20 | –12.17 | $12,448.57 | |||
| People's | B. Alexander Hébert | 1,069 | 2.09 | +0.95 | $3,500.64 | |||
| Communist | Katie Campbell | 198 | 0.39 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,248 | 99.38 | +0.02 | $108,761.04 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 322 | 0.62 | –0.02 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,570 | 68.13 | –6.91 | |||||
| Registered voters | 75,692 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –4.70 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andy Fillmore | 23,681 | 42.48 | −9.25 | $77,935.01 | |||
| New Democratic | Christine Saulnier | 16,747 | 30.04 | −6.09 | $92,096.82 | |||
| Green | Jo-Ann Roberts | 8,013 | 14.37 | +11.08 | $46,730.72 | |||
| Conservative | Bruce Holland | 6,456 | 11.58 | +2.97 | none listed | |||
| People's | Duncan McGenn | 633 | 1.14 | – | none listed | |||
| Animal Protection | Bill Wilson | 222 | 0.40 | – | $2,719.51 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 55,752 | 100.0 | $102,876.75 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 361 | 0.64 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,113 | 75.04 | +0.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 74,778 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.58 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andy Fillmore | 27,431 | 51.73 | +26.08 | $134,528.53 | |||
| New Democratic | Megan Leslie | 19,162 | 36.13 | –15.48 | $169,615.12 | |||
| Conservative | Irvine Carvery | 4,564 | 8.61 | –9.41 | $22,288.40 | |||
| Green | Thomas Trappenberg | 1,745 | 3.29 | –1.10 | $692.58 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Allan Bezanson | 130 | 0.25 | -0.09 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,032 | 99.51 | $204,329.68 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 259 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 53,291 | 74.68 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 71,363 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +20.78 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ Heide Pearson (19 October 2015). "Liberal Andy Fillmore wins the Halifax seat, beating out NDP Megan Leslie". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Wedge, Ben (November 22, 2012). "Andy Fillmore sees a bright future for Dal's Planners". The Sextant.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Zaccagna, Remo (21 March 2016). "Halifax urged to foster niche housing". Local Xpress. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
- ^ McGregor, Janyce. "Meet the Commons committees of the 42nd Parliament". CBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ Minutes of Proceedings, February 4, 2016.
- ^ "Election Night Results — Halifax". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2018-11-10.