John Duncan (Canadian politician)
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The Honourable John Duncan PC |
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| Chief Government Whip | |
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In office July 15, 2013 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Gordon O'Connor |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Leslie |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vancouver Island North |
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In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Catherine J. Bell |
| Succeeded by | Rachel Blaney |
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In office June 2, 1997 – January 23, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Skelly |
| Succeeded by | Catherine J. Bell |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for North Island—Powell River |
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In office October 25, 1993 – June 2, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Ray Skelly |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
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John Morris Duncan December 19, 1948 Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Courtenay, British Columbia |
| Profession | Forestry |
John Morris Duncan, PC, MP, (born December 19, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He served as a Member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to January 2006 and again from October 2008 until August 2015. On August 6, 2010, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency until his resignation on February 15, 2013 over his inappropriate written communication to the Tax Court of Canada. He later returned to Cabinet as Chief Government Whip, and served in that capacity until the 2015 election, which saw both Duncan's own defeat and the defeat of the government.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in British Columbia, Duncan attended the University of British Columbia and graduated with a B.Sc. F from their Faculty of Forestry in 1972. Duncan's first experience as an elected official was as an alderman in Ucluelet, British Columbia from 1982-83.
In the 1993 election, Duncan was elected as a member of the Reform Party. He has served in all that party's incarnations up until the 2006 federal election, when he lost his seat to Catherine J. Bell of the New Democratic Party by 630 votes.
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