Andrew Saxton

Andrew Saxton
Andrew Saxton
Member of Parliament; for North Vancouver
	In office; October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Don Bell
Succeeded by	Jonathan Wilkinson
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
	In office; September 9, 2013 – November 3, 2015
Preceded by	Shelly Glover
Succeeded by	François-Philippe Champagne
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and for Western Economic Diversification
	In office; May 25, 2011 – September 18, 2013
Preceded by	Russ Hiebert; (as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Western Economic Diversification)
Succeeded by	Dan Albas
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board
	In office; November 7, 2008 – May 24, 2011
Preceded by	Pierre Poilievre
Succeeded by	Saxton as PS to the President of the Treasury Board and Western Economic Diversification
Personal details
Born	March 11, 1964 (age 60); North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma mater	University of Western Ontario - BA
Profession	banking executive

Andrew Saxton (born March 11, 1964) is a Canadian politician and businessman, who was elected Member of Parliament to represent the electoral district of North Vancouver in the 2008 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2011; he was defeated in 2015 and again in 2019.^[1]^[2] He is a member of the Conservative Party.

Life and career

Saxton was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Hungarian immigrant father who came to Canada in 1947, becoming a successful businessman.^[3]

Saxton attended Upper Canada College where he graduated with an honours high school diploma in 1982. In his last year at UCC, he served as head of Wedd's House and a member of the UCC Board of Stewards. He went on to attend the University of Western Ontario where he graduated in 1986 with a B.A. in Administrative and Commercial Studies (ACS - Finance), now known as a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS - Finance). He began his career in finance with Credit Suisse in Switzerland. He later took a position with Credit Suisse in New York City where he was promoted to the position of Assistant Treasurer, and thereafter returned to Vancouver with the same firm. In 1994, he moved to Hong Kong as Senior Account Manager with HSBC and in 1997 he was appointed Senior Vice-President of HSBC Private Banking in Singapore.

Immediately prior to being elected Member of Parliament, Saxton served as chief executive officer of King George Financial Corporation, a real-estate investment firm; director of Canaco Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company; director of the Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon; and member of the BC Premier's Asia Pacific Trade Council. Saxton has also served on the Vancouver City Planning Commission, the YVR Aeronautical Noise Management Committee and was founder and past-President of the Pacific Club.

After being elected MP in 2008, Saxton was named parliamentary secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. After being re-elected MP in 2011, he was reappointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board, and was given the added responsibility of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Western Economic Diversification. In September 2013, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty. He has served on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Joint Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations and the Finance Committee. He served as vice-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association, co-chair of the Canada-Philippines Interparliamentary Group, chair of the Canada-Hong Kong, Canada-Malaysia, Canada-Brunei Parliamentary Friendship Groups and vice-chair of Canada-Thailand and Canada-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Groups. In 2017, he ran unsuccessfully to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

In 2012, Saxton received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his service to his community. In 2016, he received the Order of Merit from the Republic of Hungary for his distinguished service in promoting stronger relations between Canada and Hungary.

Today, Saxton is CEO of King George Financial Corporation, President of Saxton Capital Corporation, and President of Upper Island Development Ltd.

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	26,979	42.87	-13.78	$98,189.08
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	16,908	26.87	-0.02	none listed
	New Democratic	Justine Bell	10,340	16.43	+8.64	$40,432.73
	Green	George Orr	7,868	12.50	+4.19	$39,810.86
	People's	Azmairnin Jadavji	835	1.33	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			62,930	99.45
Total rejected ballots			349	0.55	+0.21
Turnout			63,279	71.20	-4.57
Eligible voters			88,874
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.88
Source: Elections Canada^[4]^[5]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jonathan Wilkinson	36,458	56.65	+26.94	$149,970.51
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	17,301	26.88	-20.67	$149,776.24
	Green	Claire Martin	5,350	8.31	+3.08	$135,108.48
	New Democratic	Carleen Thomas	5,015	7.79	-9.06	$21,413.99
	Libertarian	Ismet Yetisen	136	0.21	–	$1,942.47
	Independent	Payam Azad	94	0.15	–	$22.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,354	99.66		$220,823.27
Total rejected ballots			218	0.34	–
Turnout			64,572	75.77	–
Eligible voters			85,219
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+23.80
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]^[8]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	28,996	48.62	+6.42
	Liberal	Taleeb Noormohamed	17,665	29.62	-7.69
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	9,617	16.13	+6.71
	Green	Greg Dowman	3,004	5.04	-5.75
	Independent	Nick Jones	350	0.59	–
Total valid votes			59,632	100.0
Total rejected ballots			153	0.26	-0.02
Turnout			59,785	67.77
Eligible voters			88,216
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.06

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: North Vancouver
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Andrew Saxton	24,371	42.20	+5.43	$88,610
	Liberal	Don Bell	21,551	37.31	-5.03	$88,697
	Green	Jim Stephenson	6,168	10.79	+3.31	$17,464
	New Democratic	Michael Charrois	5,417	9.42	-3.77	$6,664
	Libertarian	Tunya Audain	166	0.29	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,673	100.0		$89,266
Total rejected ballots			162	0.28	+0.05
Turnout			57,835
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.23