The Honourable Diane Finley

Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

Haldimand–Norfolk (Ontario)


Diane Finley was first elected to Parliament in 2004 and she was re-elected in 2006. Since her election, she has served as Critic for Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Prior to her election, Ms. Finley was an administrator in the University of Western Ontario’s French immersion school. She later went on to work in the health care, transportation, agricultural equipment manufacturing, publishing and aviation fields. While Ms. Finley worked with the Laidlaw group of companies, she helped build Canada’s largest private ambulance service company.

She has been board chair of the Brant Community Care Access Centre, and a member of the National Standards Committee of the Paramedics Association of Canada and the Aurora Club. Ms. Finley was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1957. She has a Bachelor of Arts in administrative studies and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario.

She lives in Simcoe with her husband, Doug.

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