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The Honourable John Duncan
Minister of State and Chief Government Whip
John Duncan was first elected to the House of Commons in 1997 and re-elected in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011.
In July 2013, Mr. Duncan was appointed Minister of State and Chief Government Whip. Previously, he was appointed Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency in August 2010.
Prior to being elected, Mr. Duncan worked in the British Columbia coastal forest industry. He has lived and worked in Duncan, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Ucluelet, Port Clements, Sayward, Courtenay and Campbell River.
He has been involved in many community level volunteer activities as Chair of the Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Recreation Commission, Head of the Logger Sports, and President of the Historical Society which has given him a keen understanding of local priorities and issues in Coastal communities.
Mr. Duncan graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science from the Faculty of Forestry in 1972.
Mr. Duncan was raised in the Crows Nest Pass, Kamloops and North Vancouver and has lived in British Columbia his entire life.
