Michael Eizenga

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Michael Eizenga is the former National President of the Liberal Party of Canada, a post to which he was first elected in 2003 and has vacated following the election of his successor Marie-Paule Poulin, on December 2, 2006 at the 2006 Liberal convention. Professionally, he is a partner with the Ontario law firm Siskinds LLP.

Eizenga previously served as Secretary-Treasurer of the federal Liberal Party during the events of the Sponsorship scandal, and in 2004, he announced as president that the party would return several million dollars in questionable contributions it had accepted during his earlier tenure as secretary-treasurer.

Eizenga is also a past president of the Ontario Liberal Party and Protestant clergyman.

Over more than 20 years in Liberal politics, Eizenga has been involved from the riding level through increasingly senior positions, including financial management, fundraising, policy development and constitutional affairs. He managed several local campaigns in London and served on the Ontario campaign committee for the 1993 and 1997 federal elections.

It was reported in the October 25 London Free Press that Eizenga might run in the by-election for the riding of London North Centre to be held on November 27, 2006. [1]. However, he later announced he would not be seeking the nomination.