Peter Kent
Former Canadian politician
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| 2021 | Concluded his tenure as Member of Parliament for Thornhill, ending a 13-year political career. |
| August 15 2021 | Kent officially left office when parliament was dissolved for the 2021 Canadian federal election. |
| November 23 2020 | Kent announced he would not be running in the next federal election. |
| 2019 | Kent was re-elected to Parliament for a subsequent term in the 2019 federal election. |
| 2015 | Kent was re-elected to Parliament in the 2015 federal election. |
| 2013 | Peter Kent survived a bout with throat and tongue cancer, which subsequently influenced his advocacy for HPV vaccination programs for boys. |
| June 2013 | Kent was demoted from cabinet in a shuffle shortly after turning 70, with Prime Minister Harper describing it as a 'generational change'. |
| December 2012 | Canada became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol under Kent's leadership as Minister of the Environment. |
| December 14 2011 | During a Canadian House of Commons session, Kent defended Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol, leading to a heated exchange with Justin Trudeau, who shouted at Kent and later apologized. |
| November 2011 | Kent participated in the Durban Conference on climate change. |
| January 4 2011 | Peter Kent was named Minister of the Environment during a cabinet shuffle. |
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