David Lametti

David T. Lametti PC QC MP (born August 10, 1962) is the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.[1] He is a Canadian legal scholar and Liberal politician, and was a Professor of Law at McGill University, a member of the Institute of Comparative Law, and a founding member of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy.[2]

The Honourable David T. Lametti PC QC MP
52nd Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2019
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Jody Wilson-Raybould
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
In office January 30, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Greg Fergus
Succeeded by	TBD
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
In office December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Parm Gill
Succeeded by	Pamela Goldsmith-Jones
Member of the Canadian Parliament for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Hélène LeBlanc
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-10) August 10, 1962 Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Academic background
Alma mater	St. Michael's College, Toronto McGill University Yale University Exeter College, Oxford
Thesis	The Deon-Telos of Private Property (1998)
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Sub-discipline	Intellectual property law
Institutions	McGill University

Lametti was elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in the 2015 Canadian federal election,[3] and was sworn in as the 52nd Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (MoJAG) on January 14, 2019.

Early life and career

Lametti was born on August 10, 1962, in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, to Italian immigrants. Lametti earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science from the University of Toronto in 1985, and his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Civil Law degrees at McGill University in 1989. He then served as a clerk to Justice Peter Cory[4] of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989–90. In 1991, Lametti completed a Master of Laws degree from Yale Law School and in 1999, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in law at Exeter College, Oxford,[5][6] with a thesis, The Deon-Telos of Private Property: Ethical Aspects of the Theory and Practice of Private Property.[7]

In 1995, after having been a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick, Lametti accepted a lecturing position at the Faculty of Law, McGill University, where he taught and conducted research.[8] He became an assistant professor in 1998, an associate professor in 2003, and was promoted to full professor in 2015.[9] He lectured and wrote on subjects related to civil and common law property, intellectual property, property theory and ethics. His work led to the creation of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, which he co-founded in 2003[10] and for which he served as director from 2009 to 2011. He was Associate Dean (Academic) of the McGill Faculty of Law between 2008 and 2011, was a member of McGill University's Senate from 2012 to 2015, and was formerly a Governor of the Fondation du Barreau du Québec.[11]

Lametti is the author of academic publications on the subjects of property, intellectual property, and social norms.[12]

Lametti served as co-captain of the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club alongside Mark Carney,[13] and was a youth soccer coach in Montreal leagues.[14]

Political career

David Lametti became interested in politics as a teenager, when he worked as a volunteer for the Liberal Party in the 1979 Canadian federal election, and then subsequent provincial and federal elections for Liberal candidates. Among candidates for whom he volunteered are the former Canadian member of Parliament and Speaker of the House Gilbert Parent. Lametti co-founded the Erie Riding New Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party of Canada in southern Niagara.

On June 16, 2014, Lametti launched his bid to become the official candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the new riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun. Lametti won the contested nomination race on February 8, 2015,[15] and won the riding's seat in Parliament in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[16] On December 2, 2015, Lametti was named parliamentary secretary to then Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland.[17] On January 26, 2017, Lametti was reshuffled to parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains.[18]

On January 14, 2019, Lametti was appointed MoJAG by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and on April 15 of that year, he was appointed as a Queen's Counsel, granting him the post-nominal letters "QC".[19]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Lametti	22,803	43.5	-0.4
	Bloc Québécois	Isabel Dion	12,619	24.1	+7.05
	New Democratic	Steven Scott	8,628	16.5	-12.45
	Conservative	Claudio Rocchi	3,690	7.0	+0.09
	Green	Jency Mercier	3,583	6.8	+3.61
	People's	Daniel Turgeon	490	0.9	–
	No affiliation	Julien Côté	274	0.5	–
	Rhinoceros	Rhino Jacques Bélanger	265	0.5	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Eileen Studd	39	0.1	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,391	100.0
Total rejected ballots			864
Turnout			53,255	64.7
Eligible voters			82,321
Source: Elections Canada[20][21]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	David Lametti	23,603	43.90	+25.60	$93,016.24
	New Democratic	Hélène LeBlanc	15,566	28.95	-16.22	$46,314.39
	Bloc Québécois	Gilbert Paquette	9,164	17.05	-6.39	$43,806.34
	Conservative	Mohammad Zamir	3,713	6.91	-2.83	–
	Green	Lorraine Banville	1,717	3.19	+0.63	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,763	100.00		$221,667.78
Total rejected ballots			823	1.51	–
Turnout			54,586	65.12	–
Eligible voters			83,824
Source: Elections Canada[22][23]

References

1. Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. "The Honourable David Lametti". Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
2. "Centre for Intellectual Property Policy — People". Centre For Intellectual Property Policy. Pixelstream. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
3. "David Lametti". Liberal Party of Canada. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
4. "David Lametti Faculty of Law". McGill Faculty of Law. McGill University. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
5. http://convegni.unicatt.it/meetings_FL_bio_lametti.pdf
6. "Examinations and Boards". Oxford University Gazette. February 11, 1999. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
7. "David Lametti | Improvisation, Community and Social Practice". www.improvcommunity.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
8. Social Science and Humanities Research Council (April 1, 2008). "ProActive Disclosure for SSHRC's Grants and Contributions" (PDF). Retrieved September 3, 2015.
9. "Shauna Van Praagh and David Lametti promoted to Full Professors". Faculty of Law. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
10. "About Us — History — Centre for Intellectual Property Policy". www.cipp.mcgill.ca. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
11. "Gouverneurs". Fondation du Barreau du Québec. Fondation du Barreau du Québec. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
12. "Lametti, David". Social Science Research Network. Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
13. "Mark Carney not only played goal for the Oxford Blues hockey team, he also managed it". Retrieved February 14, 2019 – via The Globe and Mail.
14. NDG Soccer Association. "U16M AA Champions (Hiver)" (in French). Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
15. Limoges, Par : Vanessa (February 9, 2015). "David Lametti élu candidat libéral dans LaSalle-Émard-Verdun". Retrieved February 14, 2019.
16. Canada, Elections. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". enr.elections.ca. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
17. "Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries" (PDF). Office of the Prime Minister of Canada. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
18. Siekierski, BJ. "Trudeau announces parliamentary secretaries". iPolitics. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
19. Canada, Government of. "Orders In Council - Search". orders-in-council.canada.ca. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
20. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
21. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
22. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, 30 September 2015
23. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Website
• Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister
• David Lametti – Parliament of Canada biography

29th Ministry – Cabinet of Justin Trudeau
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Jody Wilson-Raybould	Minister of Justice 2019–present	Incumbent