Pat O'Brien (politician)

Pat O'Brien (born January 13, 1948 in London , Ontario ) is a former politician of the Liberal Party of Canada .

Life

After attending school, he completed a course of study, which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA (Hons.)). He then completed a degree in pedagogy with a master's degree (M.Ed.) and then worked as a teacher . In addition, he began his political career in local politics and was a member of the city ​​council of his native London between 1982 and 1983 .

When choosing on 25 October 1993, he was first as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the Canadian House of Commons voted and represented there initially for a term of the constituency London-Middlesex , before 1997 until the general election on 23 January 2006 the constituency of London- Fanshawe represented. On 6 June 2005 he resigned from the Liberal Party and belonged to Parliament by the end of its election time as a non-party to.

While he was a Member of Parliament, he was Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Veterans Affairs from September 1997 to October 2000, before he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Trade in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from January 1, 2000 to January 12, 2003 .

He was later chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Veterans Affairs again from February to May 2004 and from October 2004 to November 2005. In addition, during his long membership in parliament he was also chairman of sub-committees and a member of several sub-committees and standing committees.

Web links

• Pat O'Brien (politician) - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)