Mark Holland
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Mark Holland MP |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
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Assumed office January 30, 2017 |
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| Minister | Ralph Goodale |
| Preceded by | Michel Picard |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Ajax |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Alexander |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Ajax—Pickering |
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In office June 28, 2004 – May 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Succeeded by | Chris Alexander |
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October 16, 1974 Pickering, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Ajax, Ontario |
| Profession | Health Executive, investment advisor, politician |
Mark Holland, MP (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the Ontario riding of Ajax-Pickering. Holland was subsequently re-elected in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections. Holland served as the critic for Public Safety and National Security in the shadow cabinet up until 2011, when he lost his seat to Conservative candidate Chris Alexander. He returned to Parliament in 2015, defeating Alexander in the reconfigured riding of Ajax. He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions.
In August 2011, he became the Director of Health Promotion and Public Affairs with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and was subsequently promoted to the roles of Executive Director for the Ontario Mission and National Director of Children and Youth. He is a regular panelist on both CBC News Network and CTV News Channel. For the 2015 general election, Holland returned as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Ajax, retaking his seat by more than 12,000 votes and with 56% of the vote.
Holland was born on October 16, 1974 in Pickering, Ontario. Holland majored in political science and history at the University of Toronto and graduated in 1996. He worked as an assistant to Member of Parliament Dan McTeague and at the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. He also worked for the Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
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