Gerry Phillips (born September 11, 1940 in London, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and a Cabinet Minister in the government of Premier Dalton McGuinty. September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Motto: Nickname: The Forest City City of London, Ontario, Canada Location. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal it began, loyal it remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. ...

Phillips was educated at the University of Western Ontario's School of Business, and worked as a managing consultant before entering public life. He worked in the marketing department of Procter & Gamble, and joined the Canadian Marketing Associates organization in 1970 (becoming its President in 1977). Phillips founded the Sales Development Group in 1979 and the Retail Resource Group in 1982, and also served on the Board of Governors of the Scarborough General Hospital during this period. The University of Western Ontario is located in London, Ontario, Canada. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scarborough Hospital is a hospital in Scarborough, a district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

Phillips began his political career as a school trustee, serving for a total of eleven years on the Scarborough Board of Education and the Metropolitan Toronto School Board (and eventually becoming chair of both organizations). He also ran for the Ontario legislature as a Liberal in the provincial election of 1975, but lost to Progressive Conservative Tom Wells in Scarborough North by about 3,000 votes. The Ontario Liberal Party is a centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario general election of 1975 was held to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ...

Phillips was more successful in his second bid for the Ontario legislature. He was easily elected in Scarborough—Agincourt in the provincial election of 1987, defeating his nearest opponent, David Kho of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) by over 12,000 votes. The Liberals won a landslide majority in this election under David Peterson. On September 29, 1987, Phillips was appointed Minister of Citizenship, with responsibility for Race Relations, Multiculturalism and the Ontario Human Rights Commission. In August 1989, he was transferred to the Ministry of Labour. Scarborough—Agincourt is a Canadian electoral district covering the northwest of the Scarborough part of Toronto. ... David Petersons Liberals were returned to power with a large majority. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... The Honourable David Robert Peterson, PC , LL.B , BA (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990. ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Liberals were upset by the NDP in the provincial election of 1990, although Phillips was re-elected without difficulty in his own riding. Tory Keith MacNab finished second. In opposition, he held Official Critic portfolios in Health, Finance and Native Affairs. In 1992, he supported Lyn McLeod's successful campaign to become party leader. As a result of serious scandals, David Petersons Liberal government was defeated by a large protest vote. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lyn McLeod (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...

The 1995 provincial election was won by the Progressive Conservatives, and Phillips only narrowly won re-election in Agincourt, defeating Keith MacNab by about 2,000 votes. Many suspected that Phillips would run for the party's leadership when Lyn McLeod resigned in 1996, but he declined and supported Gerard Kennedy, who lost to Dalton McGuinty on the final ballot. Phillips was appointed as the party's Deputy Leader in 1998, and we featured prominently in Liberal television advertisements in the 1999 provincial election. Bob Raes Ontario New Democratic Party government was defeated by voters, who are angry at the mistakes made by the inexperienced NDP, and frustrated by rising taxes and unemployment. ... Lyn McLeod (born 1942) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Gerard Kennedy (born 1960 in The Pas, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Parkdale—High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Ontario general election of 1999 was held in the Canadian province of Ontario in the late spring of 1999. ...

Phillips's own re-election in 1999 was not guaranteed. Despite an endorsement from the right-wing Toronto Sun tabloid newspaper (which usually supports Tory candidates), he came within 3,000 votes of losing to incumbent Tory Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Jim Brown. (The Mike Harris government had previously reduced the number of ridings from 130 to 103, forcing several MPPs to face one another for re-election.) The Progressive Conservatives won re-election across the province, and Phillips remained a leading figure on the opposition benches. In his capacity as Native Affairs Critic, Phillips made several calls for a public inquiry into the 1995 shooting death of protester Dudley George by members of the Ontario Provincial Police. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Front page of the Toronto Sun, April 14, 2005. ... For the U.S. cannabis reform organization, see Marijuana Policy Project. ... Jim Brown (born July 23, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony OBrien Dudley George (March 17, 1957 - September 7, 1995) was a Canadian First Nations protestor who was shot and killed near Ipperwash Provincial Park in Ontario in 1995. ... Categories: Canada government stubs | Law enforcement in Canada | Ontario ...

The Liberal Party won a landslide majority in the 2003 election, and Phillips was re-elected with 61% support in his riding. Under different circumstances, he would have been the logical choice for Finance Minister in the new government. This position, however, was claimed by Greg Sorbara, who had played a prominent organizational role in the party's campaign, and Phillips was instead appointed as Chair of the Management Board. Map of Ontarios ridings and their popular vote for their party elected The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or MPPs) of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... ... Greg Sorbara (born September 4, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ... Chair of the Management Board A senior portfolio in the Government of Ontario, the Chair of Management Board is the minister responsible for overseeing consistency in operating and capital spending and responsible decisions regarding policy direction and government procurement. ...

As Ontario Chair of the Management Board, Phillips is responsible for management of the government's employees, assets and property, as well as control of spending. Chair of the Management Board A senior portfolio in the Government of Ontario, the Chair of Management Board is the minister responsible for overseeing consistency in operating and capital spending and responsible decisions regarding policy direction and government procurement. ...

In the fall of 2003, Phillips introduced a bill to ban partisan government advertising, a key election commitment of the Liberal Party. The bill called on the Auditor General to review all government advertising to screen out those that promote the electoral interests of the governing party.

Due to possible perceptions of conflict of interest, oversight of the Ontario Securities Commission was transfered from Finance Minister Greg Sorbara to Phillips in the winter of 2004. He has recently called for Canada to adopt a common securities regulator, rather than relying on separate regulation for each province. The Ontario Securities Commission administers and enforces securities legislation in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Greg Sorbara (born September 4, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...

In June of 2005, Phillips reached an agreement with the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), the provincial government's largest union, representing 42,000 employees. This was a marked contrast to the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves, which drew strikes from OPSEU in two rounds of bargaining. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is a trade union that represents employees in the broader public service of the Province of Ontario, Canada. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... Ernest Eves (born June 17, 1946) was the twenty-third Premier of the province of Ontario, Canada, from April 15, 2002, to October 23, 2003. ...

After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, Phillips's portfolio was restructured as the Ministry of Government Services. The new Ministry takes on most of the core services of the former Management Board Secretariat, Consumer and Business Services and a large part of the Cabinet Office. During interviews on his new government, Premier McGuinty described the new portfolio as the "Chief Operating Officer of the government." June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Cabinet Office can be either: Cabinet Office in the United Kingdom, Cabinet Office in Japan. ...

Although Phillips is regarded as a fiscal conservative and an ally of Ontario's business community, he is also a prominent supporter of cultural diversity (his riding in Scarborough has a large immigrant population). He is also respected by most parliamentarians as a diligent worker and intelligent contributor to the legislative process. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Scarborough (Dissolved), Ontario, Canada Location. ...