Peter Bethlenfalvy
Peter Bethlenfalvy is a Canadian businessman and politician who has been the finance minister for Ontario since December 31, 2020. Bethlenfalvy has sat in the Ontario Legislature as the Member of [Provincial Parliament (Canada)|member of Provincial Parliament] for Pickering—Uxbridge since the 2018 Ontario provincial election, representing the Progressive [Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative (PC) Party]. He served as President of the Ontario Treasury Board from 2018 to 2021.
Early life and education
Bethlenfalvy was born in Montreal, Quebec, to Hungarian immigrants. He earned a bachelor's degree in physiology, a master's degree in business administration from McGill University, and a master of arts degree from the University of Toronto.In business, Bethlenfalvy served as the chief investment officer at CST Consultants Inc. He has also held various other senior financial roles: senior vice-president of financial regulations at Manulife Financial, co-president of DBRS Ltd. and as president and chief operating officer of TD Securities in New York.
Political career
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. Pickering—Uxbridge was a new provincial riding for 2018. It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham. The PC Party formed government and on June 29, 2018, Bethlenfalvy was appointed president of the Treasury Board in Premier Doug Ford's Cabinet.In office, Bethlenfalvy has worked on projects such as a line-by-line review of government spending, government modernization initiatives, and controversially, Bill 124, which limits public sector compensation.
Bethlenfalvy became finance minister after the resignation of Rod Phillips on December 31, 2020.