Michael Coteau

Michael Coteau
MP
Member of Parliament
for Don Valley East
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byYasmin Ratansi
Minister of Community and Social Services
In office
February 26, 2018 – June 29, 2018
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byHelena Jazeck
Succeeded byLisa MacLeod
Minister of Children and Youth Services
In office
June 13, 2016 – June 29, 2018
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byTracy MacCharles
Succeeded byLisa MacLeod
Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
In office
June 24, 2014 – June 13, 2016
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byMichael Chan
Succeeded byEleanor McMahon
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
February 11, 2013 – June 24, 2014
PremierKathleen Wynne
Preceded byMichael Chan
Succeeded byMichael Chan
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Don Valley East
In office
October 6, 2011 – August 17, 2021
Preceded byDavid Caplan
Succeeded byAdil Shamji
Personal details
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Huddersfield, England
Political partyLiberal
SpouseLori Coteau
Children2
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materCarleton University (BA)
OccupationEducator, businessman

Michael Joseph Coteau[1] is a Canadian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament for Don Valley East in the House of Commons of Canada. From 2011 to 2021, he was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the provincial district of Don Valley East in Toronto. He served in the Cabinet of Ontario under Premier Kathleen Wynne from 2013 to 2018 in several portfolios, including Citizenship and Immigration, Tourism, Culture and Sport and Community and Social Services. After the 2018 Ontario general election, Coteau was one of seven Liberals re-elected, and he subsequently ran in the 2020 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, placing second with 16.9% of the vote.[2]

Coteau resigned as from the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on August 17, 2021 to run for his constituency's federal seat, vacated by Yasmin Ratansi, in the 44th Canadian general election.[3] He was elected with 59% of the vote.

  1. ^ @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Former cabinet minister Steven Del Duca elected new Ontario Liberal leader".
  3. ^ "Michael Coteau | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". 6 October 2011.