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| Affiliation | New Democratic |
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| Name | Mat Whynott |
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Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia , Canada |
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| Info | Mat Whynott is an activist – a community leader – working to make a difference in his community.
Mat Whynott was born in the Annapolis Valley and was raised in the growing community of Sackville. He graduated from Sackville High School, he was involved with student government and was on the group who initiated the multi-year agreement for the local area high schools to raise $100,000 over 5 years, for the new Cobequid Community Health Centre
Much like his hero, Tommy Douglas, Mat’s passion for helping people developed within the social justice movement of the church. He is an active member of Knox United co-ordinating youth and children’s programs. He is an accomplished public speaker and frequently delivers sermons to the church congregation.
In the winter of 2004 Mat was appointed to the Nova Scotia Youth Advisory Council as a member for Metro Halifax and later was elected by his colleagues as the current Co-Chair. As Co-Chair, Mat addresses concerns on behalf of students and relays their concerns to the provincial government.
In October of 2005, Mat was chosen as a representative to the 60th Session of the United Nations for Canada. While in New York, Mat addressed the UN’s World Programme of Action for Youth and discovered new ways for the federal government to engage its young people more efficiently, by drafting a report and presenting it to the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development.
Mat is currently working full-time for Darrell Dexter in the NDP leader’s office. While not working, or canvassing, he is finishing his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Saint Mary’s University.
Mat enjoys talking with people of all ages. He is committed to this province and the constituency he wishes to represent. He is working for: extending 24-hour health services at the Cobequid Community Health Centre; an improved transit service that runs throughout the riding including Lucasville; a solution for the over crowding in our elementary schools; in communities like Kingswood in Hammonds Plains, the creation of sidewalks to improve safety for school age children that must walk to school along busy roads.
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