Chris Axworthy
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Chris Axworthy (born March 10, 1947, Plymouth, England) is a Canadian politician.
After teaching law at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, Chris Axworthy came to Saskatoon in 1984 as the founding Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and as a Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan.
He was elected as a Saskatchewan Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party in 1988 and was re-elected in 1993 and 1997.
He resigned from the House of Commons on June 1, 1999 to join the cabinet of then Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow. He was elected in a by-election as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Saskatoon-Fairview and reelected later that year. He served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. He ran against current Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert for the provincial NDP leadership and finished second.
In 2003 he returned to the University of Saskatchewan as a Professor of Law (http://www.usask.ca/law/chairs.shtml#axworthy), a position he currently occupies. He also practices law with Robertson Stromberg Pedersen.
He announced his bid for the Liberal nomination in the riding of Saskatoon-Wanuskewin on March 5, 2004. The same day, Ryan Androsoff, the only other candidate for the nomination, withdrew.
Despite receiving 32.58% of the vote, he lost to incumbent Conservative MP, Maurice Vellacott.
| Preceded by: Ray Hnatyshyn, Prog. Cons. (Saskatoon West) |
Member of Parliament from Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing (1988-1996) |
Succeeded by: Riding was abolished in 1996 |
| Preceded by: Riding was created in 1996 |
Member of Parliament from Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (1997-1999) |
Succeeded by: Dennis Gruending, N.D.P. |