Preceded by Gary Schellenberger Name John Nater Constituency Mitchell Ward Role Politician | Spouse(s) Married Children 1 | |
Education University of Western Ontario (2009–2013) Political party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Residence Mitchell, Ontario, Canada | ||
The Front Porch Show - John Nater - Federal Member of Parliament - S2E8
John Nater (born 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.
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- The Front Porch Show John Nater Federal Member of Parliament S2E8
- Education and early life
- Political career
- References
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. He attended Carleton University from 2003 to 2007 and earned a bachelor's degree in public policy and administration. After graduation, he subsequently received a master's degree in public policy at Queen's University in 2008. During this time Nater volunteered and later became special assistant to MP Gary Schellenberger.
Political career
In the 2010 Ontario municipal election, Nater was elected to the Council of the Municipality of West Perth 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.
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.
Nater won the nomination, and was elected in the 2015 Canadian Federal Election.
On February 17, 2016 Nater was named Vice Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages.
During the 42nd Canadian Parliament Nater earned a reputation as an expert on Parliamentary Procedure.
On March 23, 2017 Nater made an intervention in the House of Commons on the Question of Privilege raised a day earlier by Lisa Raitt and Maxime Bernier. Nater argued there was sufficient grounds for a Prima Facie question of privilege. On April 6th, 2017 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.
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"
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.