Brad Trivers

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Brad Trivers 2011.jpg

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Bradley G. Trivers

| honorific-suffix = MLA

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|22}}

| birth_place = Perth, Ontario

| residence = New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Rustico-Emerald

| term_start = May 4, 2015

| term_end =

| predecessor = Carolyn Bertram

| successor =

| party = Progressive Conservative

| education = University of Waterloo

| religion =

| occupation =

}}

Bradley (Brad) Grant Trivers (born 22 December 1971){{cite web |url=https://www.assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.assembly.pe.ca/files/Historical%20MLA%20Bios/T-2.pdf |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |title=Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) |accessdate=2021-04-08}} is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election.[http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Editorials/2015-05-06/article-4137343/Few-options-for-PC-leader-following-loss/1 "Few options for PC leader following loss"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518064311/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Opinion/Editorials/2015-05-06/article-4137343/Few-options-for-PC-leader-following-loss/1 |date=2015-05-18 }}. The Guardian, May 6, 2015. He represents the electoral district of Rustico-Emerald as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Political career

He was previously the party's candidate in the same district for the 2011 election, losing to incumbent MLA Carolyn Bertram.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/elections/prince-edward-island-votes/rustico-emerald-expected-to-see-tight-liberal-pc-fight-1.3054446 "Rustico-Emerald expected to see tight Liberal-PC fight"]. CBC News, April 29, 2015.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Trivers ran an information technology consulting business in New Glasgow.{{cite news |title=Brad Trivers seeking PC nod in District 18 |url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-01-20/article-4014425/Brad-Trivers-seeking-PC-nod-in-District-18/1 |accessdate=March 28, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=January 20, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518064314/https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2015-01-20/article-4014425/Brad-Trivers-seeking-PC-nod-in-District-18/1 |archivedate=May 18, 2015 |location=Charlottetown, PEI}} He is a graduate of the University of Waterloo.

Trivers was defeated for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party, in 2017 by James Aylward.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ca/search?safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA814&ei=H5ijW8uhBIWkzwLmhpuoCQ&q=Brad+Trivers+leadership+race&oq=Brad+Trivers+leadership+race&gs_l=psy-ab.3...2279.8542.0.9222.16.16.0.0.0.0.190.1699.6j10.16.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.12.1318...0j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.0.VwFKxE-NQiI|title=Brad Trivers leadership race - Google Search|website=www.google.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-09-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pe-brad-trivers-pc-party-1.4348587|title=Brad Trivers says he's the best person to lead P.E.I. PC Party {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en-US}}

On May 9, 2019, Trivers was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning and Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-cabinet-swearing-in-1.5127904|title='Be bold, be courageous' new P.E.I. premier tells his cabinet|publisher=CBC News|date=May 9, 2019|access-date=2019-05-09}}

He was re-elected in the 2023 general election.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Shane |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Who's in, who's out: Meet the new Legislative Assembly of P.E.I. |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-who-in-who-out-2023-election-1.6800079 |website=CBC News}}

Electoral record

{{2023 Prince Edward Island provincial election/Rustico-Emerald}}

{{2019 Prince Edward Island provincial election/Rustico-Emerald}}

{{CANelec/source|{{cite web|url=http://results.electionspei.ca/|author=Elections Prince Edward Island|title=Provincial General Election - Unofficial Results 2015-05-04|date=4 May 2015|accessdate=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505162132/http://results.electionspei.ca/|archive-date=2015-05-05|url-status=dead}}}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from Queens County, Prince Edward Island

Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs

Category:Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island

Category:University of Waterloo alumni

Category:1971 births

Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island