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John Nater

John Nater
Member of Parliament
for Perth—Wellington
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byGary Schellenberger
West Perth Municipal Councillor
In office
December 1, 2010 – December 1, 2014
ConstituencyMitchell Ward
Personal details
Born (1984-02-14) February 14, 1984 (age 40)
West Perth, Ontario
Political partyConservative
SpouseJustine Nater (m. 2013)
Children3
ResidenceMitchell, Ontario
Alma materCarleton University (2007)
Queen's University (2008)

John Nater MP (born February 14, 1984) is a Canadian politician. He is currently serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Perth Wellington in the House of Commons of Canada.

Education and early life

Nater was born in Logan Township (now part of the Township of West Perth), and raised on a family pig farm. While attending Carleton University, he worked as a volunteer intern for MP Gary Schellenberger, and later became his special assistant.[1] He later became an executive assistant to MPP Randy Pettapiece.[2] He also worked as a grievance analyst with the Correctional Service of Canada and policy analyst at the Treasury Board of Canada.[3]

Nater earned degrees as a Bachelor of Public Affairs and Policy Management from Carleton in 2007,[4] as well as a Master of Public Administration from Queen's University in 2008.[3][5] From 2012 to 2014, he was a lecturer at King's University College. When nominated to run for MP in November 2014, he had been a PhD candidate at Western University in political science.[2]

Municipal politics

In the 2010 Ontario municipal election, Nater was elected to the West Perth council as a representative for the Mitchell Ward. During his time on municipal council Nater served as chair of the Environmental Services Committee. In 2014 the committee began a project to build a new water tower in Mitchell.[6]

He did not run for re-election in the subsequent municipal election, as he planned to seek the Conservative nomination for Perth—Wellington, vacated due to the impending retirement of long-serving MP Gary Schellenberger.

Federal politics

2015 election

Nater won the nomination,[2] and was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election with 22,255 votes (42.9%).[7][8]

42nd Canadian Parliament

From February 17, 2016, to September 18, 2017, Nater served as Vice Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages.[9] During this time he was critical of the Liberal Government's decision to nominate Madeleine Meilleur as Official Languages Commissioner. Nater frequently called the nomination partisan and questioned the Liberal Government's appointments process.[10]

During the 42nd Canadian Parliament, Nater earned a reputation as an expert on parliamentary procedure.[11]

On March 23, 2017, Nater made an intervention in the House of Commons on the Question of Privilege raised a day earlier by his Conservative colleague Lisa Raitt. Nater argued there was sufficient grounds for a prima facie question of privilege. On April 6, Speaker Geoff Regan ruled there was. However, during debate on the motion following the ruling the Liberal MP Alexandra Mendès moved a motion to proceed to orders of the day, ending the debate and with it the opportunity to address a violation of Members' rights.[12]

On April 7, 2017, Nater made another intervention asking the Speaker to revive the previous motion. Citing extensively from previous speakers rulings and the rules of parliamentary procedure Nater argued that the Government's motion to move to orders of the day during a debate on a motion of privilege "is an extremely dangerous precedent that denies members their fundamental right to vote" [13]

On April 11, 2017, Regan ruled in favour of Nater and invited him to once again move a motion to refer the issue to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.[14]

On August 30, 2017, Official Opposition leader Andrew Scheer named Nater to be Shadow Minister for Interprovincial Trade and the Sharing Economy.[15]

On September 19, 2017, Nater became a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

On January 28, 2019, Nater introduced a bill to amend the Criminal Code of Canada. Inspired by a criminal incident in Stratford, the intention of the bill was to better protect young people and people with disabilities from sexual exploitation.[16]

2019 election

In the 2019 Canadian federal election Nater was re-elected with 25,622 votes, finishing more than 10,000 votes ahead of the second-placed Liberal candidate.[17]

43rd Canadian Parliament

From November 28, 2019, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer appointed Nater the Official Opposition Deputy House Leader to work under Opposition House Leader Candice Bergen (politician).[18] Nater held the position until September 2, 2020 when new leader Erin O'Toole replaced him with Karen Vecchio.

On September 8, 2020, O'Toole named Nater to be Shadow Minister for Rural Economic Development.[19] During this time Nater was actively critical of the Liberal record on rural internet service.[20]

2021 election

Nater won his second re-election campaign in the 2021 Canadian federal election, again increasing his share of the vote.

44th Canadian Parliament

On November 9, 2021, Nater was named Shadow Minister for Canadian Heritage.[21] During this time Nater was critical of the Liberal Government's Online Streaming Act. Nater was also involved in the Heritage Committee work on the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal.

During the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Nater endorsed Jean Charest, former premier of Quebec and cabinet minister during the premierships of Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell, and was among four Conservative MPs to sign an open letter asking Charest to run.[22] In the contest Charest came second to Pierre Poilievre. On October 12, 2022, when Poilievre named his new shadow cabinet, Nater was not included.[23]

In October 2022, Nater returned to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs and was elected Vice Chair. He was involved in the committee hearings on Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections and the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution.

In September 2023 Nater moved to Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts. During this time he focused on reviewing reports of the Auditor General of Canada including the critical ArriveCAN report.[24]

From March 2022 to May 2023, Nater worked with Ontario Senator Robert Black (Canadian politician) to pass Bill S-227, the Food Day Canada Act, in honour of Wellington County food activist Anita Stewart (culinary author)[25]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Nater 26,984 48.6 +2.3
Liberal Brendan Knight 13,684 24.7 -2.4
New Democratic Kevin Kruchkywich 9,552 17.2 +2.6
People's Wayne Baker 5,357 9.5 +7.9
Total valid votes 55,577 99.3
Total rejected ballots 380 0.7
Turnout 55,957 65.8
Eligible voters 85,049
Conservative hold Swing +2.4
Source: Elections Canada[26]


2019 Canadian federal election: Perth—Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative John Nater 25,622 46.34 +3.42 $73,230.45
Liberal Pirie Mitchell 15,002 27.13 -10.44 $48,553.60
New Democratic Geoff Krauter 8,094 14.64 -0.32 $19,103.41
Green Collan Simmons 4,949 8.95 +6.35 none listed
People's Roger Fuhr 894 1.62 +1.19 $583.54
Christian Heritage Irma DeVries 733 1.33 -0.21 $9,547.05
Total valid votes 55,294 99.32  
Total rejected ballots 381 0.68 +0.33
Turnout 55,675 66.68 -1.35
Eligible voters 83,501
Conservative hold Swing +6.93
Source: Elections Canada[27]
2015 Canadian federal election: Perth—Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Nater 22,255 42.9 -11.5
Liberal Stephen McCotter 19,480 37.6 +19.5
New Democratic Ethan Rabidoux 7,756 15.0 -6.3
Green Nicole Ramsdale 1,347 2.6 -2.0
Christian Heritage Irma DeVries 794 1.5 -0.2
No affiliation Roger Fuhr 219 0.4
Total valid votes 51,789 100.0  
Total rejected ballots  
Turnout 51,789 68.1% +4.6%
Eligible voters 76,097
Conservative hold Swing -15.5%
Source: Elections Canada

Further reading

Academic

  • Brock, Kathy L.; Burbidge, Matthew P.J.; Nater, John L. (2010). "13: A Resilient State: The Federal Public Service, Challenges, Paradoxes, and a New Vision for the Twenty-First Century". In Dunn, Christopher (ed.). The Handbook of Canadian Public Administration (2nd ed.). Toronto: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19542983-1.
  • Spicer, Zachary; Nater, John L. (2013). "Legislative Dissent without Reprisal? An Alternative View of Speaker Selection". The Journal of Legislative Studies. 19 (4): 505–525. doi:10.1080/13572334.2013.812356. S2CID 143769225.

References

  1. ^ Steve Rice (October 20, 2015). "Pupil takes over from teacher as local MP". Stratford Beacon-Herald.
  2. ^ a b c Laura Cudworth (November 9, 2014). "Mitchell's John Nater ready to build campaign team for next federal election". Stratford Beacon-Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "First off the mark". Stratford Beacon-Herald. September 29, 2014. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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  5. ^ "Keeping in Touch" (PDF). Queen's Alumni Review. 89 (1). Kingston: Queen's University: 37. 2015.
  6. ^ Simmons, Galen (October 17, 2016). "Taps turned on at west end water tower". The Mitchell Advocate.
  7. ^ Rice, Steve. "Pupil takes over from teacher as local MP". Stratford Beacon-Herald. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  8. ^ Rice, Steve. "Hard work won riding, Nater says". Stratford Beacon-Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "LANG - Election of Vice-Chairs". Parl.gc.ca.
  10. ^ "Publication Search". Ourcommons.ca.
  11. ^ Aiello, Rachel (July 10, 2017). "How a farm boy from Logan Township became one of the biggest procedural nerds in the House". The Hill Times. Ottawa.
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  13. ^ "Debates (Hansard) No. 162 - April 7, 2017 (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". Parl.gc.ca.
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  16. ^ "Debates (Hansard) No. 372 - January 28, 2019 (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". Ourcommons.ca. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
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  18. ^ "Scheer maintains core parliamentary team, names new deputy leader". Ctvnews.ca. November 28, 2019.
  19. ^ "Perth-Wellington MP appointed shadow minister for rural economic development". Stratford Beacon-Herald.
  20. ^ "Trudeau promises to connect 98% of Canadians to high-speed internet by 2026". Cbc.ca. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  21. ^ "Experienced Tories return to key shadow-cabinet roles". Ipolitics.ca. November 9, 2021.
  22. ^ "Four Conservative MPs want Jean Charest to enter party's leadership race". Montreal. February 22, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  23. ^ Raftis, Patrick (October 13, 2022). "Chong holds onto critic post; Nater replaced in shadow cabinet". Wellington Advertiser. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  24. ^ cbc.ca. March 19, 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dalian-enterpises-government-contracts-1.7149085. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ "It's official — legislation establishes Food Day in Canada". May 12, 2023.
  26. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  27. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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