Matt Jeneroux

Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He represents the electoral district of Edmonton Riverbend as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus.

Matt Jeneroux MP
Jeneroux in 2019
Shadow Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2019
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Marilyn Gladu
Shadow Minister for Infrastructure
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Michael Chong
Succeeded by	Luc Berthold
Shadow Minister for Innovation, Science & Economic Development
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Maxime Bernier
Succeeded by	Dan Albas
Shadow Minister for Science
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Marilyn Gladu
Succeeded by	Michael Chong
Official Opposition Critic for Western Economic Diversification
Leader	Rona Ambrose
Preceded by	Michelle Rempel
Succeeded by	Tom Lukiwski
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	James Rajotte
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-South West
In office April 23, 2012 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Thomas Dang
Personal details
Born	1981/1982 (age 38–39)[1] Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Provincial: United Conservative (2017–present) Progressive Conservative (before 2017)
Spouse(s)	Dr. Elizabeth Clement
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Alberta (B.A. 2004)

Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-South West.[2]

Jeneroux was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.[3]

In 2017, Jeneroux was named the 2017 Up and Comer in Canadian Parliament by The Hill Times.[4]

Early life and education

Jeneroux was born and raised in Edmonton and Sherwood Park, Alberta. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta. Prior to his work in provincial and then federal politics, Jeneroux worked for Health Canada and was an active community volunteer in Edmonton. He has two daughters: Molly and Lily and a son: Hugh.

Provincial politics

Jeneroux was first elected to the provincial assembly in the 2012 provincial election. In spring 2013, one year after being elected, he introduced a private member's bill entitled Compassionate Care Leave Legislation (Bill 203). The bill has gone through royal assent and provides a leave of absence for an employee from their employer while taking care of a terminally ill family member.

In just three years, he had two of his motions pass unanimously in the legislature. First, to provide support for playgrounds when new schools for young families are built in the province of Alberta. He also urged the provincial government to conduct a review of the childcare policy in the province.[5] He chaired the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices.[6] He was defeated in the 2015 provincial election.

He also chaired the Capital Region Caucus, Youth Secretariat, and was a member of the Alberta Treasury Board committee. In addition, he chaired Results Based Budgeting for Environment and Resource Stewardship, chaired Results Based Budgeting for Wellness, a member of Public Accounts committee, co-chair of the Alberta Film Advisory Council and chair of the Government of Alberta's Youth Advisory Panel.

In 2018, Jeneroux was named the co-Chair of the United Conservative Party Annual General Meeting in Red Deer, Alberta.[7]

Federal politics

As a federal MP, Jeneroux is the Conservative Party of Canada Shadow Minister for Health.[8] He has served previously as the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Communities & Urban Affairs, as the Shadow Minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development[9] and as Shadow Minister of Science. Previously, under Rona Ambrose, he served in the Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Western Economic Diversification.[10]

Jeneroux was named co-Chair of the Alberta Jobs Task Force, a federal Conservative caucus initiative that will collect information from Albertans affected by the current economic situation and produce a report to be tabled in the House of Commons.[11]

In 2016, Jeneroux was voted as one of the Top 3 "Up and Comers" in Parliament by The Hill Times publication survey.

Jeneroux has also been a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics,[12] a Member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, vice-chair on the Standing Committee for Industry and is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure.

Jeneroux was critical of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development in the press in calling for his government's long-awaited Space Strategy.[13]

In February 2017, Jeneroux tabled a motion to promote the use of geothermal technology for the use in orphan and abandoned oil wells in western Canada. His motion, with support from the geothermal industry, called on the Government of Canada to examine ways to reduce the legislative burden on using geothermal technology within Canada.[14]

Jeneroux was voted as the "Best Constituency MP in Canada" by his colleagues, staff & media in the May 2017 Hill Times Publication.[15]

Jeneroux is also the chair of the Edmonton Region Caucus.

In partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada & Movember on Father's Day Jeneroux organizes an annual mental health advocacy event on Parliament Hill to support raising awareness for mental health concerns in young men and fathers. The event attracts stakeholders, Senators & Parliamentarians, and advocacy groups from across the country to champion ongoing awareness supports for young fathers.

Jeneroux also co-sponsored an initiative to encourage young girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields for an annual advocacy day on Parliament along with FIRST Lego League which showcased skills in LEGO and pushed for more policies geared to encouraging young girls to pursue careers in STEM related fields.

In November 2018, Jeneroux teamed with Kids with Cancer Society in Edmonton to raise money for their organization by sponsoring a breakfast cereal fundraiser, Corn Pops & Cocoa Puffs, with his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Clement.

As Infrastructure Canada Shadow Minister, Jeneroux has also been one of the fiercest critics of Canada's Infrastructure Bank, going so far as calling for its cancellation. He did so publicly in an article published in the Financial Post where he calls it an outright failure of the Trudeau Liberals.[16]

Jeneroux announced his latest Private Members’ Bill being the federal expansion of Compassionate Care Leave. This builds off the previous work from Jeneroux’s provincial Private Members’ Bill at the National level.[17]

As Health Canada Shadow Minister, Jeneroux was the first to raise concerns in Parliament on the urgency and lack of preparedness of the Public Health Agency of Canada [18]. He’s also been relentless in his pursuit to have Dr. Bruce Aylward from the World Health Organization appear before the Parliamentary committee responsible for investigating Canada’s response to Covid-19. [19] Even going as far as issuing a rare House of Commons summons to have him appear.

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Riverbend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	35,126	57.4%	+7.51
	Liberal	Tariq Chaudary	14,038	23.0%	-7.18
	New Democratic	Audrey Redman	9,332	15.3%	-1.75
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	1,797	2.9%	+0.69
	People's	Kevin Morris	855	1.4%	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,148	100.0
Total rejected ballots			329
Turnout			61,477	71.0%
Eligible voters			86,609
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.35
Source: Elections Canada[20][21]

2015 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Riverbend
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	28,805	49.89	-9.49	$126,240.74
	Liberal	Tariq Chaudary	17,428	30.18	+15.69	$62,340.29
	New Democratic	Brian Fleck	9,846	17.05	-4.12	$44,795.24
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	1,275	2.21	-2.75	$6,040.67
	Libertarian	Steven Lack	386	0.67	–	$500.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,740	100.00		$216,148.06
Total rejected ballots			178	0.31	–
Turnout			57,918	71.56	–
Eligible voters			80,938
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.59
Source: Elections Canada[22][23]

Provincial

2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	7,010	56.55%
	Wildrose	Allan Hunsperger	2,163	17.45%
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	1,890	15.25%
	New Democratic	Sylvie Porbaix	1,076	8.68%
	Alberta Party	Bryan Peacock	257	2.07%

2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Thomas Dang	11,729	53.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Matt Jeneroux	6,319	28.6%
	Wildrose	Cole Kander	2,291	10.4%
	Liberal	Rudy Arcilla	1,202	5.4%
	Alberta Party	Krishna Tailor	575	2.6%

References

1. "Young and old battle for nomination votes". Edmonton Sun. January 16, 2012.
2. "Alberta Election 2012: Riding-by-riding results". The Globe and Mail. April 23, 2012. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
3. "The Diamond Jubilee Medal". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
5. "Matt Urges Affordable Childcare Review in Alberta Legislature". mattjeneroux.ca. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
6. Archer, John (February 16, 2015). "Alberta auditor general budget vote lurches into uncharted territory". CBC News. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
7. Braid, Don (May 4, 2018). "A mammoth policy meeting where Kenney won't talk policy". Calgary Herald. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
8. https://mattjeneroux.ca/news-release-mp-matt-jeneroux-named-shadow-minister-of-health/
9. Rabson, Mia (June 12, 2018). "Andrew Scheer Removes Maxime Bernier From Role As Innovation Critic". Huffington Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
10. "Conservatives Announce Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet and Critics". conservative.ca. November 20, 2015. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
11. "Conservatives launch Alberta Jobs Taskforce". Peace River Record Gazette. October 5, 2016. Archived from the original on October 24, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
12. McGregor, Janyce (January 30, 2016). "Meet the Commons committees of the 42nd Parliament". CBC News. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
13. Turnbull, Sarah (June 13, 2018). "Space group takes to the Hill after Canada drops major NASA project". iPolitics. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
14. Johnston, Scott (March 22, 2017). "Using abandoned oil wells for geothermal on Edmonton MPs federal budget 2017 wish list". Global News. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
15. Ryckewaert, Laura (May 8, 2017). "Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times' 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey". The Hill Times. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
16. https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/what-has-trudeaus-infrastructure-bank-achieved-a-recycled-loan-and-millions-in-expenses
17. https://ipolitics.ca/2020/02/05/tory-mp-to-use-early-turn-introducing-legislation-to-expand-compassionate-care-leave/
18. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/from-apathy-to-panic-timeline-of-canadas-home-front-battle-against-covid-19/
19. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/mps-issue-rare-summons-of-who-doctor-bruce-aylward-to-appear-before-house-committee
20. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
21. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
22. "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Edmonton Riverbend (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
23. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Matt Jeneroux