Gary Goodyear
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The Honourable Doctor Gary Goodyear PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Cambridge |
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In office June 28, 2004 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Janko Peric |
| Succeeded by | Bryan May |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Procedure & House Affairs |
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In office April 6, 2006 – March 5, 2007 |
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Rob Nicholson Peter Van Loan |
| Preceded by | Don Boudria |
| Succeeded by | Joe Preston |
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March 10, 1958 Cambridge, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Goodyear |
| Residence | Cambridge |
| Profession | Chiropractor |
Gary T. Goodyear PC (born March 10, 1958 in Cambridge, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2015, having been elected to represent the riding of Cambridge as a Conservative in 2004. On October 30, 2008 he was named Minister of State for Science & Technology within Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Cabinet. Goodyear was re-elected in the May 2nd elections in 2011 and returned to Stephen Harper's cabinet as Minister of State for Science & Technology. He was replaced in this capacity by Greg Rickford on July 15, 2013.
Goodyear was defeated by Liberal Candidate Bryan May, in the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Goodyear was raised and educated in Cambridge, Ontario. After high school he attended the University of Waterloo, studying in Biomechanics and Psychology, but left without completing a degree.
He afterwards attended the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, where he graduated cum laude, was class president, and valedictorian. He started his full-time practice in Cambridge in 1984 where he was Clinic Director, Director of Patient Services and Past President of Future Recovery Canada. He was a co-designer of the three year post-graduate Sports Fellowship Program. He also co-authored “Practice Guidelines” and was Public Relations Director and Past President for the College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences in Toronto. He was also the health columnist for the Cambridge Times newspaper from 1986 to 1996, and has taught at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College and the University of Waterloo..
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