Gary Schellenberger
| Gary Ralph Schellenberger | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Perth—Wellington |
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In office June 28, 2004 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Created |
| Succeeded by | John Nater |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Perth—Middlesex |
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In office May 21, 2003 – June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | John Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage |
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In office 9 May 2006 – 4 October 2010 |
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| Minister |
Bev Oda Josee Verner James Moore |
| Preceded by | Marlene Catterall |
| Succeeded by | Michael Chong |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 15, 1943 Sebringville |
| Political party |
Progressive Conservative (1997–2004) Conservative (2004–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Schellenberger |
| Residence | Sebringville |
| Profession | Businessman, interior decorator, painter |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Gary Ralph Schellenberger (born September 15, 1943 in Sebringville, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2003 to 2015, and represented the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party. Schellenberger won five successive elections in eight years from 2003 to 2011. He did not stand for re-election in 2015.
Schellenberger owned a painting and decorating store in Stratford before entering political life. Schellenberger also served as a volunteer firefighter with the Perth East Fire Department for 14 years. He is a freemason, and an elder at Avonton Presbyterian Church.
In 1996 Schellenberger raised $26,000 for the Sebringville Community Center and the Sebringville Athletic Association by walking from Tobermory to Sebringville.
A councillor in the former Downie Township, Ontario from 1988 to 2000, he first ran for parliament in the 1997 federal election as a Progressive Conservative in Perth—Middlesex. He lost to Liberal John Richardson by over 8,000 votes; former Liberal MP-turned-Reformer Garnet Bloomfield was third. Richardson, Schellenberger and Bloomfield all ran again in the 2000 election, with the same overall result.
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