page_title: Gary Goodyear
section_title: Role in cabinet
hierarchical_section_title: Gary Goodyear / Political career / Role in cabinet
caption_attribution_description: English: From Left to Right: John Carmichael, MP, Don Valley West; The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario); Slawko Klykiw, CEO, CFC; Christina Jennings, Chair, CFC Board of Directors; Ana Serrano, Chief Digital Officer, CFC.
context_page_description: Gary T. Goodyear PC is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada 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.
context_section_description: Following the Conservative victory in the 2008 federal election, Goodyear was appointed to the cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Science and Technology.
caption: John Carmichael, MP; Gary Goodyear, Minister of State; Slawko Klykiw; Christina Jennings, Chair, CFC Board of Directors; Ana Serrano @ Canadian Film Centre
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