Karina Gould
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The Honourable Karina Gould PC MP |
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| Minister of Democratic Institutions | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Maryam Monsef |
| President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | |
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Assumed office January 10, 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Maryam Monsef |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development | |
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In office December 2, 2015 – January 10, 2017 |
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| Minister | Marie-Claude Bibeau |
| Preceded by | Lois Brown |
| Succeeded by | Celina Caesar-Chavannes |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Burlington |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28, 1987 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Alberto Gerones |
| Residence | Burlington, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
McGill University Oxford University |
| Religion | Judaism |
Karina Gould PC MP (born 1988) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district Burlington during the 2015 federal election. In January 2017, she was appointed Minister of Democratic Institutions in the 29th Canadian Ministry, headed by Justin Trudeau, becoming the youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history.
Gould was born in 1988, and grew up in Burlington, Ontario. After she graduated from high school in 2005, the next year volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico, where she met her husband, Alberto Gerones. After returning to Canada she attended McGill University, earning a degree in political science and Latin American studies. While there, she helped organize fundraising for humanitarian aid for Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, and served as president of the arts undergraduate student council.
In 2010, she took a job with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. as a consultant on migration to work with their Migration and Development Program.
She subsequently completed a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University. Upon moving to Burlington, she worked as a trade and investment specialist for the Mexican consulate in Toronto prior to her candidacy in the 2015 election.
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