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Jonathan Wilkinson was born on 11 June, 1965 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian politician. Discover Jonathan Wilkinson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 11 June, 1965
Birthday 11 June
Birthplace Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Ontario

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1965

Jonathan Wilkinson (born June 11, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since 2023.

1979

North Vancouver and its predecessor, North Vancouver—Burnaby, had been in the hands of a centre-right party for all but four years since 1979.

1988

Wilkinson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan and went on to be named the Prairies Rhodes Scholar in 1988, reading Politics, Philosophy, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.

He earned master's degrees in international relations, politics, and economics from Oxford and McGill.

1991

Wilkinson was an advisor to Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow and served in the provincial civil service from 1991 to 1995, when he joined Bain & Company's Toronto branch.

1999

In 1999, he relocated to Vancouver to work for QuestAir Technologies, a gas purification company and he became its CEO in 2002.

2009

In 2009, he became the senior vice-president for business development in Nexterra Systems, a biomass company.

2011

In 2011, Wilkinson became the CEO of BioteQ Environmental Technologies, a water treatment company based in Vancouver.

2015

A member of the Liberal Party, Wilkinson was elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for North Vancouver-Capilano in 2015.

Wilkinson defeated Conservative parliamentary secretary Andrew Saxton by a nearly 2-to-1 margin amid the Liberal wave that swept through Greater Vancouver in the 2015 federal election.

2018

He previously served as the minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard from 2018 to 2019 and minister of environment and climate change from 2019 to 2021.

He was has been Minister of Natural Resources since 2021, styled Minister of Energy and Natural Resources since 2023.

Before entering politics, Wilkinson was a constitutional negotiator and businessman who spent 20 years in the private sector, mainly with green technology companies.

Wilkinson was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and grew up in Saskatoon.

He was the former leader of the New Democratic Party's youth wing in Saskatchewan.

On July 18, 2018, Wilkinson was appointed to cabinet for the first time as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

He had previously spent nearly three years as Parliamentary Secretary to then Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna.

2019

He was reelected in 2019 by a reduced margin, but still bested Saxton by 16 percentage points in a rematch.

He increased his vote share in the 2021 snap election by over 2%, representing his third election victory.

Since being elected Member of Parliament for North Vancouver, Wilkinson has taken a leadership role in representing the Iranian-Canadian community.

On November 20, 2019, Wilkinson was appointed Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the 29th Canadian Ministry.

A year later, he released Canada's plan to reach its then 2030 emissions targets, entitled "A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy."

On October 26, 2021, Wilkinson was shuffled to replace Seamus O'Regan as Minister of Natural Resources.

On July 26, 2023, Wilkinson's title was amended to become Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.

2020

This included responding to the downing of Flight PS752 in January 2020 and being a vocal critic of the Iranian Regime throughout his tenure.

In response to the death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent crackdown on protesters in Iran in 2022 and 2023, Wilkinson personally sponsored and called for the release of Dr. Hamid Ghare- Hassanlou and his wife Farzaneh Ghare- Hassanlou, Mohammed Rakhshani and rap artist Toomaj Salehi, all of whom were charged, imprisoned, or condemned to death by the Iranian Regime.