Matt Jeneroux
Matthew James Arthur Jeneroux MP (born 1981) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Edmonton Riverbend since 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada caucus. He is the Shadow Minister for Supply Chains.
During the 43rd Canadian Parliament, Jeneroux's private member's bill, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave) (Bill C-220), was adopted with all-party support to extend bereavement leave from 5 to 10 days and entitle employees already on compassionate care leave to also claim bereavement leave.[2]
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.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Jeneroux was born and raised in Edmonton and Sherwood Park, Alberta. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta and a Public Leadership Credential from Harvard University.[citation needed]
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 three children.[citation needed]
Provincial politics
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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.[4] He chaired the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices.[5] 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, was a member of the Public Accounts Committee, co-chaired the Alberta Film Advisory Council, and chaired 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.[6]
Federal politics
[edit]MP Jeneroux was voted as the "Best Constituency MP in Canada" by his colleagues, staff & media in the May 2017 Hill Times Publication.[7]
Jeneroux is also the chair of the Edmonton Region Caucus and a member of the Executive of Canada-United Kingdom parliamentary committee.
Jeneroux has also been a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics,[8] a Member of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, vice-chair on the Standing Committee for Industry, a member of the Standing Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Health and currently serves on International Trade committee.
Health Shadow Minister
[edit]As a federal MP, Jeneroux is the Conservative Party of Canada Shadow Minister for Health.[9]
As Health Canada Shadow Minister, Jeneroux has received praise for being the first to raise concerns in Parliament on the urgency of COVID-19 and lack of preparedness of the Public Health Agency of Canada.[10] 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.[11]
Jeneroux also announced his private member's bill, the federal expansion of Compassionate Care Leave. This bill builds off the previous work from Jeneroux's provincial private member's bill at the national level.[12]
Infrastructure Shadow Minister
[edit]Jeneroux has served previously as the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Communities & Urban Affairs. 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.[13]
Innovation Shadow Minister
[edit]Jeneroux served in the role as Shadow Minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development[14] and as Shadow Minister of Science. 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.[15]
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.[citation needed]
Previously, under Rona Ambrose, he served in the Shadow Cabinet as the Official Opposition Critic for Western Economic Diversification.[16]
It was during this time that 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.[17]
In this role, 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 of using geothermal technology within Canada.[18]
Mental Health Advocacy
[edit]Jeneroux is the Founder of Hi Dad Foundation, a mental health foundation focused on raising awareness about the importance of men’s mental health.[19]
In partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and 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 raise awareness and support for young fathers.[citation needed]
Awards and recognition
[edit]Jeneroux was a recipient of both the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012,[20] the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 and the King’s Coronation medal in 2024. [citation needed]
In both 2016 and 2017, Jeneroux was voted one of the top "up-and-comers” in Parliament in an annual readership poll by The Hill Times.[21][22]
Electoral record
[edit]Federal
[edit]| 2021 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Riverbend | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 25,702 | 45.15 | -12.29 | $84,631.64 | |||
| Liberal | Tariq Chaudary | 14,169 | 24.89 | +1.93 | $44,524.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Shawn Gray | 14,154 | 24.86 | +9.6 | $7,582.76 | |||
| People's | Jennifer Peace | 2142 | 3.76 | +2.36 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Melanie Hoffman | 761 | 1.34 | -1.6 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,928 | 100.00 | – | $115,640.64 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 312 | |||||||
| Turnout | 57,240 | 66.13% | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,560 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -7.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[23][24] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Riverbend | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 35,126 | 57.44 | +7.56 | $74,475.33 | |||
| Liberal | Tariq Chaudary | 14,038 | 22.96 | -7.23 | $84,578.55 | |||
| New Democratic | Audrey Redman | 9,332 | 15.26 | -1.79 | $2,918.70 | |||
| Green | Valerie Kennedy | 1,797 | 2.94 | +0.73 | none listed | |||
| People's | Kevin Morris | 855 | 1.40 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,148 | 99.46 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 329 | 0.54 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 61,477 | 70.42 | +0.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,305 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[25][26] | ||||||||
| 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 | 99.69 | $216,148.06 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 178 | 0.31 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 57,918 | 70.38 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,290 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.59 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[27][28] | ||||||||
Provincial
[edit]| 2012 Alberta general election: Edmonton-South West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 8,502 | 56.47% | – | ||||
| Wildrose Alliance | Allan Hunsperger | 2,713 | 18.02% | – | ||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 2,251 | 14.95% | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Muriel Stanley-Venne | 1,283 | 8.52% | – | ||||
| Alberta Party | Bryan Peacock | 308 | 2.05% | – | ||||
| Total | 15,057 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | 42 | 3 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 29,493 | 51.32% | – | |||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2015 Alberta general election: Edmonton-South West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Thomas Dang | 12,352 | 54.41% | 45.89% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Matt Jeneroux | 6,316 | 27.82% | -28.64% | ||||
| Wildrose | Cole Kander | 2,290 | 10.09% | -7.93% | ||||
| Liberal | Rudy Arcilla | 1,199 | 5.28% | -9.67% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Krishna Tailor | 543 | 2.39% | 0.35% | ||||
| Total | 22,700 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 81 | 35 | 21 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 41,230 | 55.30% | 3.99% | |||||
| New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -5.93% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "44 - Edmonton-South West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. | ||||||||
References
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "September 20, 2021 Election Results — Edmonton Manning (Validated results)". Elections Canada. September 26, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
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- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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