Andy Fillmore
MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions
In office
January 30, 2017 – November 20, 2019
MinisterKarina Gould
Preceded byMark Holland
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
In office
February 4, 2016 – January 27, 2017
Preceded byBlake Richards
Succeeded byMaryAnn Mihychuk
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byMegan Leslie
Personal details
Born (1966-04-25) April 25, 1966 (age 57)
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceHalifax, Nova Scotia[1]
Alma materHalifax Grammar School '84
Technical University of Nova Scotia
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Professioncity planner, urban designer

Peter Alexander Fillmore MP (born April 25, 1966) is a Canadian Liberal politician who has represented the riding of Halifax in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015.[2]

Early life and education

Born in Bloomington, Indiana to Atlantic Canadian parents studying abroad in the United States, Fillmore returned to the family's native Nova Scotia at the age of four. In Halifax he attended Tower Road School, Halifax Grammar School, Gorsebrook Junior High, and Queen Elizabeth High School. He began his post-secondary studies in engineering at Acadia University but transferred to the Technical University of Nova Scotia (since merged into Dalhousie University) where he completed an undergraduate architecture degree in 1990, followed by a graduate degree in urban and rural planning in 1992. He was awarded a graduate degree in Design Studies (specialty in Urban Design) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1995.[3]

Career

An urban planner and urban designer by profession, Fillmore began his career in Boston, Massachusetts working on the Big Dig project as an urban designer, and later joined the architecture and planning firm Arrowstreet Inc. He later moved to Maine where he was the Town Planner in Cumberland, Maine, and subsequently founded the architectural design and town planning firm Interurban Planning & Design. In 2005, he returned home to Halifax, Nova Scotia to serve as the first-ever Manager of Urban Design for the City of Halifax, leading the implementation of the "HRM by Design" Downtown Halifax Plan.[4] He also served as Director of the Dalhousie University School of Planning, and was vice president, Planning & Development of the Waterfront Development Corporation Limited, a crown corporation charged with revitalizing prominent post-industrial waterfronts in Nova Scotia.

As Member of Parliament for Halifax, Fillmore has held a number of additional responsibilities in the House of Commons and in the Government of Canada. In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, Fillmore was appointed in December 2015 to the all-party Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.[5] On February 4, 2016, he was elected as the chairman of the committee, serving in that role until January 2017.[6] Beginning in January 2017, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions, Karina Gould. Beginning September 2018, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, Pablo Rodriguez. Following his reelection to the House of Commons for the 43rd Canadian Parliament in the October 2019 federal election, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Andy Fillmore 21,905 42.74 +0.26 $103,501.55
New Democratic Lisa Roberts 20,347 39.70 +9.66 $90,503.01
Conservative Cameron Ells 6,601 12.88 +1.30 $2,924.56
Green Jo-Ann Roberts 1,128 2.20 –12.17 $12,448.57
People's B. Alexander Hébert 1,069 2.09 +0.95 $3,500.64
Communist Katie Campbell 198 0.39 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,248 99.38 +0.02 $108,761.04
Total rejected ballots 322 0.62 –0.02
Turnout 51,570 68.13 –6.91
Registered voters 75,692
Liberal hold Swing –4.70
Source: Elections Canada[7]
2019 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Andy Fillmore 23,681 42.48 −9.25 $77,935.01
New Democratic Christine Saulnier 16,747 30.04 −6.09 $92,096.82
Green Jo-Ann Roberts 8,013 14.37 +11.08 $46,730.72
Conservative Bruce Holland 6,456 11.58 +2.97 none listed
People's Duncan McGenn 633 1.14 – none listed
Animal Protection Bill Wilson 222 0.40 – $2,719.51
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,752 100.0     $102,876.75
Total rejected ballots 361 0.64 +0.15
Turnout 56,113 75.04 +0.36
Eligible voters 74,778
Liberal hold Swing -1.58
Source: Elections Canada[8]
2015 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Andy Fillmore 27,431 51.73 +26.08 $134,528.53
New Democratic Megan Leslie 19,162 36.13 –15.48 $169,615.12
Conservative Irvine Carvery 4,564 8.61 –9.41 $22,288.40
Green Thomas Trappenberg 1,745 3.29 –1.10 $692.58
Marxist–Leninist Allan Bezanson 130 0.25 -0.09 –
Total valid votes/expense limit 53,032 99.51   $204,329.68
Total rejected ballots 259 0.49
Turnout 53,291 74.68
Eligible voters 71,363
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +20.78
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Heide Pearson (19 October 2015). "Liberal Andy Fillmore wins the Halifax seat, beating out NDP Megan Leslie". Global News. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ Wedge, Ben (November 22, 2012). "Andy Fillmore sees a bright future for Dal's Planners". The Sextant.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Zaccagna, Remo (21 March 2016). "Halifax urged to foster niche housing". Local Xpress. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  5. ^ McGregor, Janyce. "Meet the Commons committees of the 42nd Parliament". CBC News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ^ Minutes of Proceedings, February 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results — Halifax". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  9. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2018-11-10.

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