Irene Mathyssen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Irene Mathyssen
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 16, 1951(1951-08-16)
Age	73
Birthplace	London
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Leo

Irene Mathyssen Biography

Irene Mathyssen is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 16, 1951 in London, Canada. Irene R. Mathyssen (born August 16, 1951) is a Canadian politician and was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 until 2019. She was previously a New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and briefly served as a minister in the government of Premier Bob Rae.

The NDP was defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1995 provincial election, and Mathyssen was defeated in Middlesex, finishing third behind Reycraft and winner Progressive Conservative Bruce Smith.

During the session, she was named as the NDP critic for Housing and for the Status of Women. In November 2006, she tabled a Private member’s bill which she called the Housing Bill of Rights which would have provided secure housing for Canadians. The bill got no further than first reading. A similar bill proposed by Libby Davies in 2004 also died on the order paper.

During a parliamentary session on December 5, 2007, Mathyssen committed a blunder when she stood in the Commons and accused Conservative James Moore of looking at images of “scantily clad” women on his personal laptop computer at his desk in the House of Commons. She openly questioned his integrity and said his actions “disrespected women”. James Moore denied the allegations were true. Later in the day, Mathyssen and Moore spoke in person about the incident; Moore explained that the woman he had been looking at on his laptop computer screen was his girlfriend. Shortly after, Mathyssen retracted her statement and apologized to Moore.

On October 21, 1994, she was named a Minister without Portfolio, responsible for Culture, Tourism and Recreation.

Irene Mathyssen Net Worth

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

Mathyssen was educated at the University of Western Ontario from 1970 to 1975, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Drama, and a Bachelor of Education degree. She taught English at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London, Ontario until 2006 except for a five-year break between 1990 and 1995 when she was an MPP. She served on the District 11 Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Political Action Committee. She was a vocal opponent of the Invasion of Iraq in 2003 and participated in many local peace rallies. Mathyssen was a member of the Ontario Health Coalition. She was president of the Middlesex NDP riding association from 1989 to 1990.

She was elected to represent the riding of Middlesex in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1990 provincial election, defeating incumbent Liberal Doug Reycraft by 520 votes (out of 38,382 cast). She served as government Whip from 1990 to 1991, and was a parliamentary assistant to the Minister of the Environment from 1991 to 1994. In that capacity she announced that 6 million dollars would be spent on the cleanup of beaches in rural areas which were closed mostly due to agricultural runoff issues. In 1993, she voted against a government bill to allow a municipal expansion into her rural riding. During the debate she lamented about her lack of influence on the bill. She said, “There have been times when I felt utterly powerless in all of this. It’s a strange feeling for one who came here with such high hopes.”

She ran for the federal New Democratic Party in the 1997 election, and finished third in the riding of London—Fanshawe, well behind Liberal incumbent Pat O’Brien. Notwithstanding her previous defeats, Mathyssen was considered to have a strong chance of defeating Pat O’Brien in the 2004 federal election. A late surge in Liberal support, however, gave O’Brien a victory of more than 3,000 votes.

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She again ran in London—Fanshawe in the 2006 election. Pat O’Brien had left the Liberal Party by this time, and sat out his remaining time in the House of Commons as an independent. He opted not to run in the 2006 election. Mathyssen won the riding with 34% of the vote, becoming one of 29 New Democrats elected.

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Irene Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Irene Mathyssen celebrates birthday on August 16 of every year.

In October 2015, Mathyssen was re-elected for another term in parliament. Despite a strong “Stop Harper” campaign that led to increased voter turnout and sent a wave of popular support to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals at the expense of the NDP, Mathyssen not only held her seat in London-Fanshawe, but retained almost all of the 20,000+ votes she received in 2011. NDP leader Tom Mulcair named Mathyssen the party’s Critic for Veterans Affairs and the deputy whip for the caucus.