Bill Blair (politician)

**William Sterling Blair**  is a Canadian politician. He is a member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. He speaks for the electoral area of Scarborough Southwest, and is a member of the Liberal Party. Blair is the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in Canada's cabinet right now. From 2018 to 2019, he was the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction. Before working in politics, Blair was the chief of police for the city of Toronto.

In October 2021, he became the Minister of Emergency Preparedness and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. In 2023, he became the Minister of National Defence.

## Infobox (police officer)

- **embed**: yes
- **embed title**: Police Career
- **department**: Toronto Police Service
- **years**: 1975–2015
- **rank**:  Chief of Police
- **awards**: Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces
Police Exemplary Service Medal
Member of the Order of St. John Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **name**: Bill Blair
- **image**: Bill Blair 2025 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Blair in 2025
- **office**: Minister of National Defence (Canada), Minister of National Defence
- **primeminister**: Justin Trudeau
Mark Carney
- **term start**: July 26, 2023
- **term end**: May 13, 2025
- **predecessor**: Anita Anand
- **successor**: David McGuinty
- **office1**: Minister of Emergency Preparedness
- **primeminister1**: Justin Trudeau
- **term start1**: October 26, 2021
- **term end1**: July 26, 2023
- **predecessor1**: Himself (as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)
- **successor1**: Harjit Sajjan
- **office2**: Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
- **term start2**: November 20, 2019
- **term end2**: October 26, 2021
- **predecessor2**: Ralph Goodale
- **successor2**: Marco Mendicino (as Minister of Public Safety)
Himself (as Minister of Emergency Preparedness)
- **primeminister2**: Justin Trudeau
- **office3**: Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction
- **term start3**: July 18, 2018
- **term end3**: November 20, 2019
- **predecessor3**: _Position established_
- **successor3**: _Position abolished_
- **primeminister3**: Justin Trudeau
- **office4**: List of Parliamentary Secretaries of Canada#Twenty-Ninth Canadian ministry, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice
- **minister4**: Jody Wilson-Raybould
- **term start4**: January 28, 2017
- **term end4**: July 18, 2018
- **predecessor4**: Sean Casey (Canadian politician), Sean Casey
- **successor4**: Marco Mendicino
- **riding5**: Scarborough Southwest (federal electoral district), Scarborough Southwest
- **parliament5**: Canadian
- **term start5**: October 19, 2015
- **predecessor5**: Dan Harris (politician), Dan Harris
- **office6**: Toronto Chief of Police, Chief of the Toronto Police Service
- **predecessor6**: Mike Boyd (police officer), Mike Boyd
- **successor6**: Mark Saunders (police officer), Mark Saunders
- **term start6**: April 6, 2005
- **term end6**: April 25, 2015
- **birth name**: William Sterling Blair
- **birth place**: Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
- **nationality**: Canadians, Canadian
- **spouse**: Susanne Blair
- **party**: Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal
- **children**: 2 sons; 1 daughter
- **residence**: South Hill, Toronto
- **alma mater**: University of Toronto (Bachelor of Arts, BA)