Andy Fillmore

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]

Andy Fillmore MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions
In office January 30, 2017 – November 20, 2019
Minister	Karina Gould
Preceded by	Mark Holland
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs
In office February 4, 2016 – January 27, 2017
Preceded by	Blake Richards
Succeeded by	MaryAnn Mihychuk
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halifax
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Megan Leslie
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1966 Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Halifax, Nova Scotia[1]
Alma mater	Halifax Grammar School '84 Technical University of Nova Scotia Harvard Graduate School of Design
Profession	city planner, urban designer

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 Massachusetts and Maine, working on the Big Dig project in Boston as an urban designer. 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 to 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 Dalhousie University's 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 in the 42nd Canadian Parliament, Fillmore was appointed 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.[6] Beginning in January 2017, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions. Beginning September 2018, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism. Following his reelection to the House of Commons in the October 2019 federal election, Fillmore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

Electoral record

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
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Andy Fillmore	27,431	51.73	+26.09	–
	New Democratic	Megan Leslie	19,162	36.13	–15.49	–
	Conservative	Irvine Carvery	4,564	8.61	–9.40	–
	Green	Thomas Trappenberg	1,745	3.29	–1.10	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Allan Bezanson	130	0.25	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,032	100.0		$202,243.99
Total rejected ballots			259	0.49	–0.03
Turnout			53,291	74.68	+11.66
Eligible voters			71,363
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.79
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

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.
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. "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
8. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Halifax (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

• Andy Fillmore – Parliament of Canada biography

External links

• Official Website