Jim Flaherty

James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP (December 30, 1949 – April 10, 2014) was a Canadian politician. He served as Canada's Federal Minister of Finance from February 6, 2006 until March 18, 2014. He also served as a former provincial Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2001 to 2002, a Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax from 1995 to 2005, and was a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus.

The Honourable Jim Flaherty PC MP
Minister of Finance
In office February 6, 2006 – March 18, 2014
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Ralph Goodale
Succeeded by	Joe Oliver
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa
Incumbent
Assumed office January 23, 2006
Preceded by	Judi Longfield
Member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly for Whitby-Ajax
In office June 3, 1999 – November 29, 2005
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Christine Elliott
Member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly for Durham Centre
In office June 8, 1995 – June 3, 1999
Preceded by	Drummond White
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	James Michael Flaherty (1949-12-30)December 30, 1949 Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Died	April 10, 2014(2014-04-10) (aged 64) Ottawa, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Christine Elliott
Children	3
Alma mater	Princeton University York University

On May 21, 2013, he introduced his 2013 Budget. The Budget contained a new Building Canada Plan for the construction of public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, transit and port facilities.[1] It was to provide $53 billion in investments to support local and economic infrastructure projects, which includes more than $47 billion in new funding over 10 years, beginning in 2014-2015.[2]

On March 18, 2014, he resigned as Minister of Finance in order to return to the private sector.[3] He stated that the decision was reached after many months of consulting with his family and that his health was not a factor in his decision.

When he was young, he played ice hockey. He was successful enough at the game to win a hockey scholarship to Princeton University.[4] He is married to Christine Elliott who is a the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Oshawa. They live in Whitby, Ontario and have 3 triplet sons together: John, Galen and Quinn.[5]

He died on April 10, 2014 in Ottawa, at the age of 64 from a heart attack. Ottawa police said that they "received a medical call to Mr. Flaherty’s condo building at 12:27 p.m."[6]