Peter Van Loan
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The Honourable Peter Van Loan PC MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage | |
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Assumed office 20 November 2015 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Pierre Nantel |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
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In office May 18, 2011 – November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | John Baird |
| Succeeded by | Dominic LeBlanc |
| Minister of International Trade | |
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In office January 19, 2010 – May 18, 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Ed Fast |
| Minister of Public Safety | |
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In office October 30, 2008 – January 19, 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Vic Toews |
| President of the Privy Council and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | |
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In office November 27, 2006 – January 4, 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Michael Chong |
| Succeeded by | Josée Verner |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for York—Simcoe |
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Assumed office June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | new riding |
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April 18, 1963 Niagara Falls, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Sutton, Ontario |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Peter Van Loan, PC MP (born April 18, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of York—Simcoe. He was the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons from 2007 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2015.
Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Van Loan is of Estonian heritage. His mother and grandparents fled Estonia during World War II and emigrated to Canada.
Van Loan was educated at the University of Toronto and York University and holds a bachelor's degree, a Masters in International Relations and an additional master's degree in geography. Van Loan graduated from York University's Osgoode Hall Law School and was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1989.
Prior to his election to public office, Van Loan was a partner and Chair of the Planning and Development Law Group at the law firm of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Toronto, Ontario. Van Loan was also an Adjunct Professor of Planning at the University of Toronto. He served as president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario during Mike Harris' term of office and then of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada for a brief period. He resigned from the latter post in 2000 after a series of disagreements with its leader, Joe Clark.
Van Loan was a key figure in the unsuccessful attempt to convince Premier of New Brunswick Bernard Lord to run for the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservatives in late 2002. He was a key organizer in the "Yes" Campaign, led by Tory Leader Peter MacKay, to ratify the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance into the Conservative Party of Canada. Van Loan then again attempted to recruit Lord to run for the leadership of the new party, and again was unsuccessful.
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