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On August 31, 2009, Bryant was arrested after an alleged altercation with Darcy Allan Sheppard<ref>{{cite news|http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/09/01/darcy-sheppard.html|newspaper=CBC |
On August 31, 2009, Bryant was arrested after an alleged altercation with Darcy Allan Sheppard<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/09/01/darcy-sheppard.html|newspaper=CBC News|date=2009-09-01|accessdate=2009-09-01|title=Dead cyclist identified}}</ref>, a cyclist and bike messenger in Toronto, resulting in Sheppard dying from fatal injuries. Bryant was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death, over the incident.<ref>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/victim-identified-in-bryant-case/article1272005/</ref> Following witness reports that it appeared as though the driver was attempting to knock the cyclist off the car by brushing against trees and mailboxes on Bloor St W. approaching Avenue Road, homicide investigators closed down Bloor St W. at the site of the incident for 10 hours in order to collect evidence. <ref name="star">{{cite|authors=Henry Stancu, Robyn Doolittle, John Rieti|url=http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/689220 |title=Ex-Ontario AG Bryant arrested|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=2009-09-01|accessdate=2009-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/michael-bryant-in-police-custody/article1271489/|newspaper=Globe and Mail|first=Josh|last=Wingrove|date=2009-09-01|accessdate=2009-09-01|title=Michael Bryant in police custody}}</ref> |
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Michael J. Bryant | |
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| File:MichaelJBryant.jpg | |
| MPP for St. Paul's | |
| In office June 3, 1999 – June 7, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | To be determined |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 13, 1966 Victoria, British Columbia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | lawyer, professor |
| Cabinet | Minister of Economic Development (2008-2009) Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (2007-2008) Attorney-General (2003-2007) |
Michael J. Bryant (born April 13, 1966) is a public administrator and former politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the chief executive officer of Invest Toronto, an agency owned and operated by the City of Toronto with a mandate to attract investment to the municipality and facilitate economic development. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of St. Paul's for the Ontario Liberal Party from 1999 until 2009. He served until May 25, 2009, as a member of Dalton McGuinty's provincial cabinet as Minister of Economic Development and Government House Leader. He had previously been the province's youngest-ever Attorney-General.[1]
Background
Bryant was raised in the Greater Victoria area of British Columbia, where his father Ray was mayor of Esquimalt from 1966 to 1969.[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1988, and a Master's Degree from the same institution in 1989. He graduated as in 1992 from Osgoode Hall Law School with an LL.B. and was the silver medalist of his year. He then earned an LL.M. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994. Bryant is a Fulbright Fellow. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada in 1992-93, and was later a lawyer at the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City, as well as lecturing in law at King's College at the University of London in England, and practicing litigation at McCarthy Tétrault. In 1997, he became an adjunct professor in international law at the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.
1999-2003
Bryant was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1999, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Isabel Bassett in St. Paul's by almost 5,000 votes (he had previously defeated Kathleen Wynne at the Liberal Party's nomination meeting, 328 votes to 143). The Progressive Conservatives won the election, and Bryant served as his party's Critic to the Attorney General for the next four years.
2003-2007
He was re-elected by a greater majority in the provincial election of 2003. The Liberals won a majority government in this election, and Bryant was appointed Ontario Attorney General and Minister with responsibility for Native Affairs and Democratic Renewal. While Attorney General he helped create Ontario's controversial Stunt Driving law. [3] Bryant was also a strong proponent of a complete ban on handguns in Canada, at one point launching a website named "No Gun, No Funeral" [4].
2007-2009
Bryant was re-elected in the 2007 election and appointed as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs following a post-election cabinet shuffle on October 30, 2007. On September 18, 2008, he became Minister of Economic Development, replacing Sandra Pupatello.
On May 23, 2009, Bryant announced that he would be leaving provincial politics in order to become CEO of the newly-established Invest Toronto corporation, with Dalton McGuinty taking over his portfolio of Economic Development.[5] His resignation was effective June 7, 2009. A by-election to replace him will be held on September 17, 2009.
Bryant lives in midtown Toronto with his wife Susan Abramovitch, an entertainment lawyer, and their two children.
2009 arrest
On August 31, 2009, Bryant was arrested after an alleged altercation with Darcy Allan Sheppard[6], a cyclist and bike messenger in Toronto, resulting in Sheppard dying from fatal injuries. Bryant was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death, over the incident.[7] Following witness reports that it appeared as though the driver was attempting to knock the cyclist off the car by brushing against trees and mailboxes on Bloor St W. approaching Avenue Road, homicide investigators closed down Bloor St W. at the site of the incident for 10 hours in order to collect evidence. [1][8]
References
- ^ a b "Ex-Ontario AG Bryant arrested", Toronto Star, 2009-09-01, retrieved 2009-09-01
{{citation}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Wells, Jennifer (2009-08-02), "Michael Bryant: Tenacity and a flair for publicity", Toronto Star, retrieved 2009-09-01
- ^ Nichols, Bob, McGuinty Government Continues To Keep Families Safe On Ontario's Roads, retrieved 2009-09-01
- ^ Janke, Steve, Michael Bryant sets up a sock puppet to push for his handgun ban, retrieved 2009-09-01
- ^ Benzie, Robert (2009-07-23), "Michael Bryant quitting McGuinty Liberals", Toronto Star, retrieved 2009-09-01
- ^ "Dead cyclist identified". CBC News. 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/victim-identified-in-bryant-case/article1272005/
- ^ Wingrove, Josh (2009-09-01). "Michael Bryant in police custody". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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