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Jan 27, 1961 Manchester, England, United Kingdom 63 years old
Canadian politician and minister
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About Tony Clement
- Tony Peter Clement (born January 27, 1961) is a Canadian former federal politician and former Member of Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka in Ontario.
- Before entering federal politics, Clement served as an Ontario cabinet minister, including as Minister of Health and Long-Term Care under premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
- After a scandal involving a series of sexting incidents in 2018 Clement was asked to resign his responsibilities and resigned from the Conservative caucus.
- He did not run as a candidate in the 2019 federal election. Moving to federal politics, he was a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada after its formation from the merger of the Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties in 2003.
- He lost to Stephen Harper.
- Clement won the seat of Parry Sound—Muskoka in the 2006 federal election, defeating incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Andy Mitchell.
- The Conservatives formed government in that election and Clement was appointed Minister of Health and Minister for FedNor.
- He also later served as President of the Treasury Board.
- Clement was re-elected despite the Conservative defeat in the 2015 election.
- On July 12, 2016, he announced his second bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party but withdrew on October 13, 2016.From his initial election in 2006, Clement sat as a Conservative member until he resigned at the request of Conservative leader Andrew Scheer on November 7, 2018 due to a sexting scandal.
- He sat as an independent MP until the 2019 election, in which he did not seek re-election.
