Rob Oliphant

Robert Oliphant
Oliphant in 2023
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
May 3, 2019
MinisterChrystia Freeland
Francois-Philippe Champagne
Marc Garneau
Mélanie Joly
Preceded byAndrew Leslie
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
In office
February 4, 2016 – May 9, 2019
Preceded byDaryl Kramp
Succeeded bySalma Zahid
Member of Parliament
for Don Valley West
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byJohn Carmichael
In office
October 14, 2008 – May 2, 2011
Preceded byJohn Godfrey
Succeeded byJohn Carmichael
Personal details
Born (1956-06-07) June 7, 1956 (age 68)
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
SpouseMarco A. Fiola
Residence(s)Sherwood Park,[1] Toronto, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BCom)
University of British Columbia (MDiv)
Chicago Theological Seminary (DMin)
ProfessionUnited Church minister and health charity executive

Robert B. Oliphant[1] PC MP (born June 7, 1956) is a Canadian politician and a United Church minister. He serves in the House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West. First elected from 2008 to 2011, he returned to office after re-election in 2015 and subsequently in 2019 and 2021.

Oliphant currently holds the office of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, a role he also served under Joly's three predecessors.

  1. ^ a b "Search For Contributions". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-19.