Mark Holland Politician

Mark Holland (born October 16, 1974) is a Canadian politician. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the Ontario riding of Ajax-Pickering. Holland was subsequently re-elected in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections. Holland served as the critic for Public Safety and National Security in the shadow cabinet up until 2011, when he fell to Conservative Candidate Christopher Alexander. In August 2011, he became the Director of Health Promotion and Public Affairs with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and was subsequently promoted to the roles of Executive Director for the Ontario Mission and National Director of Children and Youth. He is a regular panelist on both CBC and CTV News Channel. Mark also taught a not-for-profit leadership class at Seneca College in their post-graduate certificate program.