Kirsty Duncan
Kirsty Duncan | |
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Duncan in 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
| In office November 20, 2019 – December 3, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Chris Bittle |
| Succeeded by | Sherry Romanado |
| Minister of Science and Sport | |
| In office November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Herself (Sport and Persons with Disabilities) Ed Holder (Science and Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | |
| In office January 25, 2018 – July 18, 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Kent Hehr |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Sport) Carla Qualtrough (Persons with Disabilities) |
| Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Cullen |
| Succeeded by | John Zerucelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kirsty Ellen Duncan October 31, 1966 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Domestic partner | Sven Spengemann |
| Residence(s) | Richmond Gardens, Etobicoke, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto (BA) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Profession | Geographer, professor, politician |
| Website | kirstyduncan |
Kirsty Ellen Duncan PC (born October 31, 1966) is a Canadian politician and medical geographer from Ontario, Canada. Duncan was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North from 2008 until 2025, and she served as deputy leader of the government in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2021. Duncan has previously served as minister of science and minister of sport and persons with disabilities. She has published a book about her 1998 expedition to uncover the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.