Chrystia Freeland MP (born February 8, 1968) is a Canadian writer,
journalist and a politician. Freeland has served in various editorial positions
with the Financial Times, The Globe and Mail and Thomson Reuters, where
she was the managing director and editor for consumer news before she announced
her resignation to run for the Liberal Partynomination
in the by-election to replace Bob
Rae as
the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre. She won
the Liberal nomination on September 15, 2013, and was elected to parliament in
the November 25, 2013, by-election defeating Linda McQuaig of the New Democratic
Party, and acted as the Liberal Party of Canada's trade
critic.[1] With the federal
electoral redistribution for
the 2015 federal
election Freeland
chose to seek election in newly created University—Rosedale electoral district rather than seek re-election in the
adjusted Toronto Centre electoral district.[2] She was elected to this seat, October 19, 2015. She
was appointed to cabinet as Minister for International Trade on November 4th,
2015.
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