Will Amos
| Will Amos MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pontiac |
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| Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mathieu Ravignat |
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| Born | December 4, 1974 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Regina |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Chelsea, Quebec |
| Alma mater | McGill University University of British Columbia McMaster University |
| Profession | Attorney |
William Amos MP (born December 4, 1974)[1] is a Canadian Liberal politician elected to represent the riding of Pontiac in the Canadian House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.[2]
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Education and private career
Amos attended McMaster University, earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. Amos worked in the Prime Minister's Office under Jean Chrétien.[3]
Amos earned his law degree from McGill University's civil/common law program in 2004.[4][5] Amos was called to the bar in both Ontario and Quebec, worked for a large Montreal law firm, and advised former Environment Minister David Anderson on issues related to species at risk.[6][7][3]
By 2007, Amos was a lawyer for Ecojustice Canada, an environmental law charity which had partnered with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law to create the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, which provided legal advice to individuals and community groups involved in environmental law cases.[6] During his time at the environmental law clinic, Amos collaborated as an author on four books, three of which were about the mining industry in Quebec, and one on holding the Canadian government accountable for environmental enforcement. [8] Amos was a part-time professor and staff lawyer at the University of Ottawa before being promoted to director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic in August 2010.[6][9]
At the time of his election, Amos was teaching law at the University of Ottawa as the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic.[10][4]
Political career
In October 2014, Amos won the Liberal nomination to run in Pontiac for the 2015 federal election by large majority.[11]
On October 12, 2015, a week before the end of the election, the New Democratic Party filed a complaint with Elections Canada claiming that on September 11, Amos had lied to a staffer from Nycole Turmel's constituency office by saying that her boss, the incumbent NDP MP for nearby Hull—Aylmer, was terminally ill.[12][13] Amos dismissed these claims as "totally and absolutely false."[12][13]
Amos won Pontiac in the election, unseating incumbent NDP MP Mathieu Ravignat.[14] Amos's experience as an environmental lawyer prompted Ecojustice Canada executive director Devon Page to consider him as a potential candidate to be Minister of the Environment, a role that ultimately went to Catherine McKenna.[7]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Pontiac | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | William Amos | 34,154 | 54.54 | +39.35 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Mathieu Ravignat | 14,095 | 22.51 | -24.76 | – | |||
| Conservative | Benjamin Woodman | 8,721 | 13.93 | -12.26 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nicolas Lepage | 4,327 | 6.91 | -2.64 | – | |||
| Green | Colin Griffiths | 1,089 | 1.74 | +0.11 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Pascal Médieu | 131 | 0.21 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Louis Lang | 108 | 0.17 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $253,773.13 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | – | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 86,585 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
Personal life
Amos currently resides in Chelsea with his wife and two children.[11] He is fluently bilingual.[6]
References
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- ↑ Will Amos rafle Pontiac, La Presse, October 19, 2015.
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- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Paula McCooey, Riding profile: "Will bellwether Pontiac keep riding the orange wave?", The Ottawa Citizen, August 12, 2015.
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- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pontiac, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
