Andrew Saxton (born March 11, 1964 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of North Vancouver in the 2008 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2011. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
He was named Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board on November 7, 2008 and re-appointed to the same position on June 1, 2011. He was also appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Western Economic Diversification on June 1, 2011. He serves on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Joint Standing Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations. He also serves as Vice-Chair of Canada-China Legislative Association, Co-Chair of Canada-Philippines Interparliamentary Group and Chair of Canada-Hong Kong, Canada-Malaysia and Canada-Brunei Parliamentary Friendship Groups.
Immediately prior to being elected Member of Parliament, Mr. 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.
He 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 onto attend the University of Western Ontario where he graduated with a B.A. in Administrative and Commercial Studies (ACS - Financial Studies) in 1986, now known as DAN Management Program (BMOS). He began his career in finance with Credit Suisse in Switzerland. He later took a position with Credit Suisse in New York 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.
He lives in the Deep Cove area of North Vancouver.
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