Randy Boissonnault

Randy Boissonnault
Boissonnault in 2014
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages
Assumed office
July 26, 2023
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byCarla Qualtrough
Minister of Tourism
Associate Minister of Finance
In office
October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byMona Fortier
(as Associate Minister of Finance)
Succeeded bySoraya Martinez Ferrada
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton Centre
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byJames Cumming
In office
October 19, 2015 – October 21, 2019
Preceded byLaurie Hawn
Succeeded byJames Cumming
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister on LGBTQ2 Issues
In office
November 15, 2016 – September 11, 2019
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born
Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault[1]

(1970-07-14) July 14, 1970 (age 54)
Morinville, Alberta, Canada
Political partyLiberal
WebsiteOfficial website

Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault PC MP (born July 14, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has served as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages since July 26, 2023. He previously served as Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Finance from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, he represents the riding of Edmonton Centre in the House of Commons. Boissonnault was initially elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019.[2] He later went on to win back his seat in the 2021 federal election. He was one of five openly gay MPs elected in 2015 and the first to be elected from Alberta.[3][4]

  1. ^ The Canadian Ministry (by order of precedence
  2. ^ "Riding profile: Edmonton Centre". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Hedy Fry wins decisively as Liberals sweep Canada for majority" Archived January 13, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Daily Xtra, October 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "Edmonton's newest Liberal, Randy Boissonnault, got taste for politics at U of A and wanted to bring generational change to national politics". Edmonton Journal", October 21, 2015