Helena Guergis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Helena Guergis
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1969(1969-02-19)
Age	55
Birthplace	Barrie
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Aquarius

Helena Guergis Biography

Helena Guergis is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 19, 1969 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Helena C. Guergis (/’dZ o/r dZI s/; born February 19, 1969), is a Canadian politician of Assyrian heritage. From 2004 to 2011, she represented Simcoe–Grey, Ontario in the House of Commons of Canada. She was elected Minister of State (Status of Women), on October 30, 2008. She became involved in a number of controversial situations soon after she began her parliamentary career. These incidents grew in severity and frequency with each passing year.

Guergis beat Paul Bonwick, the Liberal incumbent, by 100 votes to win Simcoe- Grey. After the election, the Liberals formed a minority government and Guergis was elected to the Conservative shadow Cabinet as critic for International Co-operation. She was named deputy critic for seniors’ affairs on January 24, 2005.

The Conservative government was criticized in April and May 2007, over its handling of reports on the alleged mistreatment of prisoners captured by Canadian soldiers and turned over to local authorities in Afghanistan. At one stage, Guergis stated in response to an opposition question in Parliament that “The NATO commander has confirmed and has said that he sees no evidence to back up any allegations that are being made by the Taliban alleged terrorist detainees. The hon[orable] member continues to take the word of the Taliban detainees over our brave Canadian men and women and that is truly unfortunate.” The matter expanded into a full-blown controversy several months later, when it became clear that evidence of Afghan detainee mistreatment had been covered up, and it has retained Parliament’s interest to the present day.

On February 19, 2007, Guergis and Health Minister Tony Clement announced that Canada was reviving its dormant ParticipACTION program to encourage personal fitness.

Guergis, a socially conservative candidate in Simcoe-Grey the next year, stated that she would vote against federal government’s proposal to legalize same-sex marriage. She claimed that most of her constituents were against the initiative and that she was committed supporting their views. Guergis voted against Bill C38 in 2005, which gave legal sanction to same-sex marital relationships. She also introduced a private member’s bill that would have prohibited MPs from joining other parties after they were elected.

Helena Guergis Net Worth

Helena Guergis is one of the richest Politician from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Helena Guergis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Guergis was raised in Angus, Ontario, and was born in Barrie. Her family is well-known for their political work. Her cousins, Tony and David Guergis, were mayors of Essa, Springwater. Christine Brayford was a municipal Councillor in New Tecumseth. Edward, their uncle, was a municipal counsellor in Essa between 1978 and 1985. George, their grandfather, was a reeve in Essa between 1971 and 1974. In their 2010 bids to re-elect themselves, Tony Guergis and David Guergis were defeated in landslide.

Guergis stated that she would vote for same-sex marriage in her 2003 race for provincial office in the socially liberal Trinity-Spadina riding. She responded to a question about same-sex marriage during an all-candidates debate by saying, “I believe that the right to choose, therefore I would vote in favor of it.”

Guergis was re-elected with 49.8 per cent of the vote in the 2006 election, substantially increasing her margin of victory as the Conservatives won a minority government nationally. On February 7, 2006, she was named by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as parliamentary secretary to David Emerson, the Minister of International Trade, and the Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. Guergis’s appointment was somewhat controversial, in that Emerson had crossed the floor from the Liberal Party of Canada on the same day that he received his cabinet position. One day prior to her appointment, Guergis informed the media that she would issue a press release indicating her continued support for anti-floor-crossing legislation. The release never appeared.

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According to our records, Helena Guergis married to Rahim Jaffer. As of December 1, 2023, Helena Guergis’s is not dating anyone.

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CTV News reported that Prime Minister Harper forced Guergis to resign from Cabinet and suspended her from caucus, after private investigator Derek Snowdy, who was investigating Gillani on an unrelated matter, claimed that Gillani had made some verbal accusations about Guergis and Jaffer. Guergis denied the allegations against her; her lawyer stated that she “vigorously denies all of this man’s bizarre claims, and looks forward to helping the RCMP demonstrate that they are completely false”. Gillani also denied Snowdy’s claim in testimony before the Commons committee investigating the issue, while the Globe and Mail reported that Snowdy had filed for bankruptcy in 2009 to cover over $13 million of debt, including $2 million of taxes owed.

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Helena Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Helena Guergis celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

On May 20, 2010, Federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson fined Guergis $100 for failing to report details of a $800,000 mortgage liability within the 30-day time limit required for MPs. Guergis had purchased an Ottawa home with her husband Rahim Jaffer in November 2009. Guergis said “I simply forgot and I accept responsibility for this oversight, I have already made arrangements to pay the fine – within the 30 days I was provided to do so.”