James Maloney (Canadian politician)

James Maloney MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Bernard Trottier
Toronto City Councillor for Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore)
In office July 7, 2014 – November 30, 2014
Preceded by	Peter Milczyn
Succeeded by	Justin Di Ciano
Personal details
Born	1963 or 1964 (age 60–61) Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Residence(s)	Etobicoke, Ontario
Alma mater	University of Windsor University of Wales, Cardiff Bishop's University
Profession	Lawyer

James Maloney MP (born 1963 or 1964) is a Canadian lawyer and politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 election. He represents the electoral district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore as a member of the Liberal Party caucus.

Education and Early Career

Maloney has law degrees from the University of Windsor and University of Wales, Cardiff, as well as a BA from Bishop's University.

Prior to his election, Maloney worked as a lawyer with Hughes Amys LLP,

Municipal Politics

Maloney worked as campaign manager for Toronto City Councillor Mark Grimes in the 2010 municipal election, and was later appointed to city council in 2014 to represent Ward 5 (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) as interim councillor following the resignation of Peter Milczyn from the council.

Federal Politics

Prior to become the Liberal Party candidate in Etobicoke—Lakeshore. Maloney served as president of the electoral district association.

Maloney was elected Member of Parliament for Etobicoke—Lakeshore in the 2015 election as part of the Liberal Party near-sweep of the Greater Toronto Area.

Since February 2016 Maloney has served as Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

In October 2016 community groups in south Etobicoke criticized Maloney for encouraging Metrolinx to drop an appeal of a rezoning decision made by city council. Residents claimed he was favouring the interests of his political allies Mark Grimes and Justin Di Ciano over the interests of local residents.

Maloney was re-elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

In January 2020 Maloney introduced a Private member's motion proposing to declare March as Irish Heritage Month.

On November 19, 2020 the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion released an investigative report that ruled Maloney violated the Conflict of Interest Code for Members of the House of Commons for failing to disclose his private interests and those of his family members. Dion recommended the House of Commons "require Mr. Maloney to apologize to it for having failed to fulfil his obligations as a Member"

Maloney made an apology in the House of Commons on December 11, 2020 and blamed the COVID-19 Pandemic and miscommunication with the Ethics Commissioner for submitting the required information after the deadline. He further state "I stood in the House and apologized, because that is what I was required to do".

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	James Maloney	34,638	53.70	+18.60	$154,037.25
	Conservative	Bernard Trottier	20,932	32.45	-7.78	$114,083.23
	New Democratic	Phil Trotter	7,030	10.90	-9.40	$27,861.80
	Green	Angela Salewsky	1,507	2.34	-1.68	$2,045.10
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	233	0.36	–	$4,975.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	168	0.26	-0.10	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,508	99.53		$233,887.62
Total rejected ballots			307	0.47
Turnout			64,815	69.04
Eligible voters			93,880
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.19
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Official website