Minister's Biography

The Honourable Michael Bryant
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs

Michael Bryant was elected to his midtown Toronto riding in 1999 and re-elected in 2003 and 2007. Bryant has previously served as Attorney General of Ontario and as Ontario’s first Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal. In Opposition, Bryant served as critic for the Attorney General and as energy co-critic. He also served on Ontario’s Standing Committee on Justice and Social Policy.

Prior to his election, Bryant obtained a BA and MA at the University of British Columbia, an LLB at Osgoode Hall Law School, and an LLM at Harvard University. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for the current Chief Justice of Canada and practised litigation at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto. Bryant has also served as Lecturer in Law at King’s College, University of London (U.K.) and as adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto. He has published articles and books on public law and criminal law.

Bryant and his wife, Susan Abramovitch, an entertainment lawyer, live in the riding of St. Paul’s with their two children.