Gerald Butts
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Gerald M. Butts (born 1971) is Principal Secretary in the Office of the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, in Canada. He was a major architect of its platform in the 2003 Ontario provincial election.
[edit] Education
Butts grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. and MA in English literature from McGill University in Montreal before entering the Ph.D. program at York University in Toronto, which he left to pursue his career in politics.
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.
Butts has published articles in the Boston Book Review, the Literary Review of Canada and Gravitas. He has also appeared on TV's W5 and Off the Record.
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.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Liberal Team That Dethroned the Tories (Ottawa Citizen, 2003)
- How the Liberals Took Ontario (Globe and Mail, 2003)
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