Monte Kwinter
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade

Monte Kwinter was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1985 and has been re-elected six times. In 2003, Premier McGuinty appointed him Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Kwinter has previously served as Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Minister of Financial Institutions and Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology. He held a number of critic portfolios while in Opposition.

His long record of community service includes: member of the board of directors for the Canadian National Exhibition; chair of the Toronto Harbour Commission; chair of the Toronto Humane Society; founding president of the Toronto Regional Council of B’nai Brith; trustee for the Molson Indy Board and chair of the International Advisory Board, Bishkek International School of Management and Business.

Born in Toronto, Kwinter studied at the Ontario College of Art, Syracuse University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston) and the University of Montreal. He holds a BFA in industrial design, an Honourary International MBA and an Honourary LLD.

He and his wife, Wilma, have two sons and two daughters.