Michael J. Bryant | |
|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer of Legal Aid BC | |
| In office 2022–2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Benton |
| Executive Director and General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association | |
| In office 2018–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Noa Mendelsohn-Aviv (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Noa Mendelsohn-Aviv |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Eric Hoskins |
| Constituency | St. Paul's |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael James Bryant April 13, 1966 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Political party | Ontario Liberal Party |
| Relations | Susan Abramovitch (sep. December 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | lawyer, executive |
Michael J. Bryant (born April 13, 1966) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. He was the CEO of Legal Aid BC from January 2022 to April 2024. Previously, he was executive director and general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
Bryant was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the downtown Toronto riding of St. Paul's from 1999 to 2009. He was a senior member of Dalton McGuinty's provincial cabinet, first as Attorney General, being the province's youngest-ever to hold that post, and subsequently as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Economic Development and Government House Leader.
Bryant left provincial politics to take up the newly created post of chief executive officer of Invest Toronto, a municipal agency with a mandate to attract investment and facilitate economic development. An altercation with a cyclist in 2009 led to Bryant being charged for the cyclist's death; the charges were withdrawn in 2010.