Andrew Saxton
| Andrew Saxton MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for North Vancouver |
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| Assumed office 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Don Bell |
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| Born | March 11, 1964 North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | Conservative |
Andrew Saxton (born March 11, 1964 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of North Vancouver in the 2008 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2011. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
He was named Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board on November 7, 2008 and re-appointed to the same position on June 1, 2011. He was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Western Economic Diversification on June 1, 2011. He serves on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Joint Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations. He also serves as Vice-Chair of Canada-China Legislative Association and Chair of Canada-Hong Kong and Canada-Malaysia Parliamentary Friendship Groups.
Immediately prior to being elected Member of Parliament, Mr. Saxton served as: Chief Executive Officer of King George Financial Corporation (a real-estate investment firm); Director of Canaco Resources Inc. (a mining exploration company); Director of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon; and Member of the BC Premier's Asia Pacific Trade Council. Saxton has also served on the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the YVR Aeronautical Noise Management Committee and was founder and past-President of The Pacific Club.
He attended Upper Canada College where he graduated with an honours high school diploma in 1982. In his last year at UCC, he served as Head of Wedd's House and a Member of the UCC Board of Stewards. He went onto attend the University of Western Ontario where he graduated from the Administrative and Commercial Studies (Financial Studies) (ACS) program (now known as DAN Management Program (BMOS))in 1986. He began his career in finance with Credit Suisse in Switzerland. He later took a position with Credit Suisse in New York and thereafter returned to Vancouver with the same firm. In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as Senior Account Manager with HSBC and in 1997 he was appointed Senior Vice-President of HSBC Private Banking in Singapore.
He lives in the Deep Cove area of North Vancouver.
Family
Saxton's father, Andrew Sr., has been active in the Vancouver business community for sixty years. He is particularly well-known for having conceived and built the Grouse Mountain skyrides in North Vancouver in the 1960s and 70's, but he has also been active in many other business ventures including: Laurentide Financial Corp (a founder and former Executive Vice-President); Elite Insurance (a founder and former President); British Columbia Television Broadcasting - BCTV (a founder and former board member); The Granville Island Hotel (a founder and former President); Northwest Sports Enterprises - former owners of the Vancouver Canucks (former board member); King George Financial Corp (current Chairman). Saxton Sr. is also known for his philanthropy and charity work, especially with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon (former President). For his contributions he was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Heart and Stroke Foundation. He was also awarded the Honourary Alumni Award by the University of British Columbia.
Saxton's mother was owner and operator of Rainbow Lodge (from 1970-1987), which was the first hotel built at Whistler; by Myrtle and Alex Philip in 1914.
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