Eric Hoskins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eric Hoskins

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Eric William Hoskins (born November 29, 1960) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2009 to 2018 who represented the electoral district of Toronto—St.
Paul's.
He served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne in the portfolios of Health and Long-Term Care (2009 – 2018), Economic Development, Trade, and Employment (2013 – 2014), Children and Youth Services (2011 – 2012), and Citizenship and Immigration (2010 - 2011).
In 2013 he contended for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party, which was won by Kathleen Wynne.
Hoskins resigned from cabinet and the legislature on February 26, 2018, three months before the provincial election.
On June 20, 2018, the federal government announced that Hoskins had been appointed Chair of an Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare.A medical doctor and former president of War Child Canada, Hoskins was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2008 for his humanitarian work.