Gerald M. Butts (born 1971) is Principal Secretary in the Office of the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, in Ontario, Canada. He was a major architect of its platform in the 2003 Ontario provincial election. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... In Canada the Principal Secretary is a senior aide, often the most senior political aide, to a head of government. ... Image:Mcguinty77. ... Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24... The province of Ontario, Canada conducted a general election on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) in the Ontario Legislative Assembly. ...

Butts has published articles in the Boston Book Review, the Literary Review of Canada and Gravitas. He has also appeared on television on programs such as W5 and TSN's Off The Record. The Literary Review of Canada (or LRC) is a Canadian magazine, which publishes ten times a year. ... W-FIVE, also known as W5 or W5 with Eric Malling, is a Canadian news magazine television series which has airs on the CTV Television Network. ... TSN may also refer to The Sporting News, The Sierra Network, Team Sportscast Network or taxonomic serial number. ... Off The Record is a Canadian sports television program hosted by Michael Landsberg on TSN. Commonly abbreviated as OTR, the show is a talk/debate style program, modeled after Politically Incorrect and features Michael Landsberg with up to four guests. ...

From time to time, he has been rumoured as a potential leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He is married and has one child, Aidan Ignatius Butts.

Early life

Butts grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec before entering the Ph.D. program at York University in Toronto, which he left to pursue his career in politics. Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, non-denominational, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Nickname: City of Mary Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Québec Founded 1642 Established 1832  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2]    - City 185. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Doctor of Philosophy (from Greek , meaning Teacher of Philosophy), typically abbreviated Ph. ... York University, located in Toronto, Ontario, is Canadas third-largest university. ...

While attending university, Butts was one of Canada's most successful competitive debaters. He was president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and the McGill University Debating Union, and was a two-time Canadian National Debating Champion. The Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID generally, and SUCDI in French) is the national organization which governs and represents university-level debating and public speaking in Canada. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, non-denominational, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

See also

• List of Canadian debaters

This is a list of top-ranked university debaters and public speakers from Canada. ...

References

• The Liberal Team That Dethroned the Tories (Ottawa Citizen, 2003)
• How the Liberals Took Ontario (Globe and Mail, 2003)