Gerald M. Butts
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Gerald M. Butts (born 1971) is Principal Secretary in the Office of the Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, in Ontario, Canada. He was a major architect of its platform in the 2003 Ontario provincial election.
Butts has published articles in the Boston Book Review, the Literary Review of Canada and Gravitas. He has also appeared on television on programs such as W5 and TSN's Off The Record.
From time to time, he has been rumoured as a potential leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party[citation needed]. He is married and has one child, Aidan Ignatius Butts.
[edit] Early life
Butts grew up in Canada. He received a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec before entering the Ph.D. program at York University in Toronto, which he left to pursue his career in politics.
While attending university, Butts was one of Canada's most successful competitive debaters. He was president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and the McGill University Debating Union, and was a two-time Canadian National Debating Champion.