Vic Fedeli

Vic Fedeli
Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Assumed office
June 20, 2019
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byTodd Smith
Chair of Cabinet
Assumed office
June 29, 2018
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byHelena Jaczek
Ontario Minister of Finance
In office
June 29, 2018 – June 20, 2019
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byCharles Sousa
Succeeded byRod Phillips
Leader of the Opposition in Ontario
In office
January 26, 2018 – June 29, 2018
Preceded byPatrick Brown
Succeeded byAndrea Horwath
Interim Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
In office
January 26, 2018 – March 10, 2018
Preceded byPatrick Brown
Succeeded byDoug Ford
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Nipissing
Assumed office
October 6, 2011
Preceded byMonique Smith
43rd Mayor of North Bay
In office
December 1, 2003 – November 30, 2010
DeputyPeter Chirico
Preceded byJack Burrows
Succeeded byAl McDonald
Personal details
Born
Victor Anthony Fedeli

(1956-08-08) August 8, 1956 (age 68)
North Bay, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpousePatty Kelly
ResidenceCorbeil, Ontario
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician

Victor Anthony Fedeli MPP (born August 8, 1956) is a Canadian politician who has been the Ontario minister of economic development, job creation and trade since 2019 and chair of Cabinet since 2018. He is the Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Nipissing, and has held his seat for the Progressive Conservative (PC) party of Ontario since the 2011 provincial election. Fedeli has previously served as the province's minister of finance, Opposition leader, and interim PC party leader. He stood as a candidate in the 2015 Ontario PC leadership race, but ultimately withdrew and endorsed Christine Elliott.

Prior to his entry into politics, Fedeli founded the advertising company Fedeli Advertising in his hometown of North Bay. He was active in the local community, serving on the municipal police board, and in the local chamber of commerce. Fedeli was mayor of North Bay, Ontario from 2003 to 2010.