# Peter Braid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Braid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Braid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Braid > Source revision: 1350114928 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian businessman and politician}} {{pp-pc}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Peter Braid | honorific_suffix = | image = Peter Braid crop.jpg | riding = [Kitchener—Waterloo](/source/Kitchener%E2%80%94Waterloo_(electoral_district)) | parliament = Canadian | term_start = 2008 | term_end = August 4, 2015 | predecessor = [Andrew Telegdi](/source/Andrew_Telegdi) | successor = riding dissolved | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|7}} | birth_place = [Kitchener](/source/Kitchener%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) | spouse = | profession = | footnotes = }} '''Peter Braid''' (born January 7, 1964) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) businessman and former politician, who served as the Member of Parliament for [Kitchener—Waterloo](/source/Kitchener%E2%80%94Waterloo_(electoral_district)) from 2008 to 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=a20523be-cae0-4d31-9595-e9303275e40d&Language=E&Section=ALL|title=BRAID, Peter, B.A.|publisher=[Parliament of Canada](/source/Parliament_of_Canada)|access-date=10 July 2012}} While in office he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Peter-Braid(58922)/Roles|title=Peter Braid - Roles - House of Commons of Canada|website=Ourcommons.ca|access-date=11 February 2019}} He is a member of the [Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada). ==Career== Braid worked as a communications consultant and also in the constituency office of former [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) [Walter McLean](/source/Walter_McLean), as an employee of the Immigration and Refugee Board. He later worked as director of operations at [Sun Life Financial](/source/Sun_Life_Financial) and as an Account Manager with [Quarry Integrated Communications](/source/Quarry_(company)) in Waterloo. He is a former member of the Waterloo Economic Development Committee and the board of the Conservative riding association in Kitchener—Waterloo. He was elected to represent the [electoral district](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Kitchener—Waterloo](/source/Kitchener%E2%80%94Waterloo_(electoral_district)) in the [2008 Canadian federal election](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election), defeating incumbent [Andrew Telegdi](/source/Andrew_Telegdi) by a margin of 17 votes. A [judicial recount](/source/Election_recount) confirmed the margin of victory on November 1, 2008. On May 2, 2011, Braid was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Kitchener—Waterloo, this time defeating Telegdi by 2,144 votes. On September 19, 2014, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities. In the [2015 federal election](/source/2015_Canadian_federal_election), Braid sought re-election in the newly drawn district of [Waterloo](/source/Waterloo_(federal_electoral_district)), which contained the bulk of his old district. He was defeated by Liberal candidate [Bardish Chagger](/source/Bardish_Chagger), a former staffer for Andrew Telegdi. ;Political issues and record On November 19, 2010, Braid tabled Motion 559 in the House of Commons, which asked the Standing Committee on Finance to review the charitable tax credit and the proposal to remove capital gains tax from donations of private company shares and real estate.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/40-3/house/sitting-100/hansard|title=Debates (Hansard) No. 100 - November 19, 2010 (40-3) - House of Commons of Canada|website=Ourcommons.ca|access-date=11 February 2019}} On March 2, 2011, the House passed Braid's motion unanimously.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/40-3/house/sitting-137/hansard|title=Debates (Hansard) No. 137 - March 2, 2011 (40-3) - House of Commons of Canada|website=Ourcommons.ca|access-date=11 February 2019}} On October 1, 2012, Braid introduced Bill C-458 in the House of Commons, which would have established a National Charities Week in Canada, and amended the Income Tax Act to move the annual deadline for charitable donations for income tax purposes.{{cite web|url=http://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=5794262&Language=E&Mode=1|title=LEGISinfo - Private Member's Bill C-458 (41-1)|website=Parl.ca|access-date=11 February 2019}} Bill C-458 passed Second Reading in the House of Commons unanimously on May 29, 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcommons.ca/en/parliamentary-business|title=Parliamentary Business Events, Calendar, and Publications - House of Commons of Canada|website=Ourcommons.ca|access-date=11 February 2019}} but was later withdrawn upon Braid's appointment as Parliamentary Secretary.{{cite web |url=http://peterbraid.ca/mp-braids-bill-to-support-charities-withdrawn/ |title=MP Braid's Bill to support charities withdrawn |access-date=2014-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145316/http://peterbraid.ca/mp-braids-bill-to-support-charities-withdrawn/ |archive-date=2014-04-13 }} Under House of Commons rules, Parliamentary Secretaries are unable to sponsor Private Member's Business. ==Education== Braid attended both the [University of Waterloo](/source/University_of_Waterloo) and the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto), graduating from the latter in 1989 with a degree in international relations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2014}} ==Electoral record== {{2015 Canadian federal election/Waterloo}} {{2011 Canadian federal election/Kitchener—Waterloo}} {{2008 Canadian federal election/Kitchener—Waterloo}} ==See also== * [List of University of Waterloo people](/source/List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17281}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Braid, Peter}} Category:1964 births Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs Category:Living people Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Category:Politicians from Kitchener, Ontario Category:University of Toronto alumni Category:University of Waterloo alumni Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Braid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Braid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Braid?action=history)). 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