The Honourable John Wilkinson

Minister of Revenue

John Wilkinson was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003 as the MPP for Perth-Middlesex.

He was re-elected in 2007 as the MPP for Perth-Wellington and was subsequently named Minister of Research and Innovation. He was appointed Minister of Revenue in June 2009.

John previously served as Minister of Research and Innovation.  He also served as Parliamentary Assistant to Premier Dalton McGuinty and as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment. He was also appointed by the Minister of Finance to serve as the vice chair of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation.

He is the first Certified Financial Planner elected to the Ontario legislature.
Before entering politics he founded Wilkinson & Keller Financial Planning Ltd. of Stratford, a successful small business.

Known for his lengthy record of service, John has been very active in both his church and community. He was both the youngest president and senior member of the Kiwanis Club of Stratford.  He has successfully chaired many community based fundraising efforts.

In 2002, the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation honoured John with their highest national volunteer tribute, the Julia Award. In 2003, he was presented with the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of a decade of outstanding work in helping to find a cure or control for cystic fibrosis, the leading genetic cause of death in Canadian children. In 2006, he was named a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow for his humanitarian efforts.

A graduate of the Faculty of Music from the University of Western Ontario, John and his wife have three children, a daughter in University and two sons in high school.