Jim Flaherty
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The Honourable Jim Flaherty PC |
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| 37th Minister of Finance | |
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In office February 6, 2006 – March 18, 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Ralph Goodale |
| Succeeded by | Joe Oliver |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa |
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In office January 23, 2006 – April 10, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Judi Longfield |
| Succeeded by | Pat Perkins |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1999–2005 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Christine Elliott |
| Constituency | Whitby-Ajax |
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In office 1995–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Drummond White |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Durham Centre |
| Personal details | |
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James Michael Flaherty December 30, 1949 Lachine, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | April 10, 2014 (aged 64) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Elliott (1986–2014) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University York University |
James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC (December 30, 1949 – April 10, 2014), was Canada's federal Minister of Finance (2006–2014) and also a former provincial Minister of Finance for Ontario (2001–2002). From 1995 until 2005, he was the Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby-Ajax, and a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus and unsuccessfully sought the leadership of the provincial party on two occasions.
Flaherty won the riding of Whitby-Oshawa in the federal election held January 23, 2006 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada narrowly beating Liberal incumbent Judi Longfield. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2011. Flaherty's widow, Christine Elliott, represented Whitby-Oshawa in the Ontario legislature until her resignation in August 2015.
Flaherty was born on December 30, 1949 in Lachine, Quebec, the son of Mary (née Harquail), who was from a "prosperous family", and Edwin Benedict Flaherty, an entrepreneur and chemist. His parents were from New Brunswick, his father from Loggieville and his mother from Campbellton. He was the sixth of eight children. He attended Bishop Whelan High School and Loyola High School, Montreal. Flaherty attended Princeton University on a hockey scholarship where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and graduated cum laude in 1970. He wrote his senior thesis on the sensitivity training at Camp X, a military training institute in Ontario. He then received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.
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