Will Amos

William Amos MP (born December 4, 1974) is a Canadian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Pontiac since 2015.[1] He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[2]

Will Amos MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pontiac
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Mathieu Ravignat
Personal details
Born	William Amos December 4, 1974 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Regina
Residence	Chelsea, Quebec
Alma mater	McGill University University of British Columbia McMaster University
Profession	Attorney

Education and private career

Amos attended McMaster University, earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia. Amos worked in the Prime Minister's Office under Jean Chrétien.[3]

Amos earned his law degree from McGill University's civil/common law program in 2004.[4][5] Amos was called to the bar in both Ontario and Quebec, worked for a large Montreal law firm, and advised former Environment Minister David Anderson on issues related to species at risk.[3][6][7]

By 2007, Amos was a lawyer for Ecojustice Canada, an environmental law charity which had partnered with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law to create the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, which provided legal advice to individuals and community groups involved in environmental law cases.[6] During his time at the environmental law clinic, Amos collaborated as an author on four books, three of which were about the mining industry in Quebec, and one on holding the Canadian government accountable for environmental enforcement.[8] Amos was a part-time professor and staff lawyer at the University of Ottawa before being promoted to director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic in August 2010.[6][9]

At the time of his election, Amos was teaching law at the University of Ottawa as the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic.[4][10]

Political career

In October 2014, Amos won the Liberal nomination to run in Pontiac for the 2015 federal election by large majority.[11]

Amos won Pontiac in the election, unseating incumbent NDP MP Mathieu Ravignat.[12]

Amos was re-elected in the 2019 election.[2]

Personal life

Amos currently resides in Chelsea with his wife and two children.[11] He is fluently bilingual.[6]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Will Amos	30,217	48.9
	Conservative	Dave Blackburn	10,416	16.8
	Bloc Québécois	Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit	9,929	16.1
	New Democratic	Denise Giroux	6,503	10.5
	Green	Claude Bertrand	3,762	6.1
	People's	Mario Belec	775	1.3
	Veterans Coalition	Shawn Stewart	194	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Louis Lang	51	0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,847	100.0
Total rejected ballots			661
Turnout			62,508	68.2
Eligible voters			91,656
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

2015 Canadian federal election: Pontiac
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Will Amos	34,154	54.54	+39.35	–
	New Democratic	Mathieu Ravignat	14,095	22.51	-24.76	–
	Conservative	Benjamin Woodman	8,721	13.93	-12.26	–
	Bloc Québécois	Nicolas Lepage	4,327	6.91	-2.64	–
	Green	Colin Griffiths	1,089	1.74	+0.11	–
	Strength in Democracy	Pascal Médieu	131	0.21	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Louis Lang	108	0.17	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$253,773.13
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			86,585
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]

References

1. Will Amos rafle Pontiac, La Presse, October 19, 2015.
2. "Liberal Will Amos victorious in Pontiac". CBC News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
3. Berthiaume, Lee (2016-01-25). "Pontiac MP Will Amos on caring for the local environment". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
4. Schmitz, Cristin (November 6, 2015). "Lawyers back with a vengeance, business people will cede power". www.lawyersweekly.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
5. "Twenty-five McGillians off to Parliament : McGill Reporter". publications.mcgill.ca. October 21, 2015. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
6. Turnbull, Amanda. "Will Amos New Director of uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic | Common Law Section News". dev15.commonlaw.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
7. M, Charles; News, el in; 2015, Politics | October 21st (2015-10-21). "Warren Kinsella dishes on who will be Trudeau's Minister of Environment". National Observer. Retrieved 2016-05-23.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - AMOS, William". Retrieved 2016-05-23.
9. "New uOttawa-Ecojustice Clinic Director announced - Ecojustice". ecojustice.ca. Ecojustice Canada. August 24, 2010. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
10. Smyth, Catrina (October 20, 2015). "Sea of red washes over orange crush". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
11. Paula McCooey, Riding profile: "Will bellwether Pontiac keep riding the orange wave?", The Ottawa Citizen, August 12, 2015.
12. "Liberals win decisive victory in the Pontiac". Ottawa Citizen. 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
13. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
14. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
15. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Pontiac, 30 September 2015
16. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Will Amos – Parliament of Canada biography