Erin O’Toole is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Durham in Ontario, Canada. He was elected to Canada’s Parliament in a by-election in 2012 after receiving more than 50% of the vote. In January 2015, Prime Minister Harper appointed Erin as Minister to Veterans Affairs. Previously, he served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade. Born in Montreal, Erin was raised in Bowmanville and Port Perry, Ontario as the oldest of five children. After graduation from Bowmanville High School in 1991, he joined the Canadian Forces and enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston. He graduated from the RMC in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
