David Akin's On the Hill

This page attempts to track Twitter resources for those interested in Canadian federal politics. This page indexes federal politicans, staffers, journalists and others who work on or near Parliament Hill and who also tweet. It also indexes hashtags associated with Parliament and federal politics. If you've got something you think fits here, please send it along. This page is maintained by David Akin, as an adjunct to his blog, On The Hill.


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Name Category Description TwitterLink
ABLONCZY, Diane Politician Conservative MP for Calgary-Nose Hill and Minister of State for Seniors dianeablonczy
AGLUKKAQ, Leona Politician Conservative MP for Nunavut and Minister of Health leonaaglukkaq
BENOIT, Jean-Luc Staffer Director of Communications to the Minister of Canadian Heritage jlbenoit
BEZAN, James Politician Conservative MP for Selkirk-Interlake, Manitoba jamesbezan
BLOCK, Kelly Politician Conservative MP for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar kellyblockmp
BRAID, Peter Politician Conservative MP for Kitchener-Waterloo peterbraid
BROWN, Lois Politician Conservative MP for Newmarket-Aurora loisbrownmp
BROWN, Patrick Politician Conservative MP for Barrie (Ont.) brownbarrie
BRUINOOGE, Rod Politician Conservative MP, Conservative MP for Winnipeg South rodbruinooge
CALANDRA, Paul Politician Conservative MP for Oak Ridges-Markham, Ont. paulcalandra
CARRIE, Colin Politician Conservative MP for Oshawa (ON) ColinCarrie
CLARKE, Rob Politician Conservative MP for DesnetheŃMissinippiŃChurchill River (SK) Rob_Clarke_MP
CLEMENT, Tony Politician MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka (ON) and Minister of Industry. And yes, that's Minister Clement himself generating the tweets on this account. TonyClement_MP
DEL MASTRO, Dean Politician Conservative MP for Peterborough, ON Deandelmastro
DYKSTRA, Rick Politician Conservative MP for St. Catharines RickDykstra
FLETCHER, STEVEN Politician Conservative MP for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia, a Winnipeg riding. Also serves as Minister of State for Democratic Reform stevenjfletcher
GALIPEAU, Royal Politician Conservative MP for Ottawa-Orleans GalipeauMP
GALLANT, Cheryl Politician Conservative MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke cherylgallant
HARPER, Stephen Politician Prime Minister of Canada. Most likely a PMO staffer generating PM tweets. See also #pmharper for tweets about Harper. pmharper
HAWN, Laurie Politician MP for Edmonton Centre MPLaurieHawn
JONES, Brendan Staffer Evil computer genius within Conservative Research Group. brendanjones
KENNEY, Jason Politician Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. MinJK
KRAMP, Daryl Politician MP for Prince Edward-Hastings (ON) DarylKramp
LAKE, Mike Politician MP for Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont MikeLakeMP
MacDONALD, Michael L. Politician Senator, represents Cape Breton (NS) SenatorJake
MARTIN, Yonah Politician Conservative Senator from B.C. YonahMartin
MAUNDER, James Staffer Acting chief of staff/Director of Parliamentary Affairs for Minister of Natural Resources Lisa Raitt James_Maunder
McCOY, Elaine Politician Progressive Conservative Senator from Alberta. SenElaineMcCoy
McCLUSKEY, Chris Staffer Press Secretary in the office of the Minister of Public Safety ChrisMcCluskey
McLEOD, Cathy Politician Conservative MP for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo (BC) Cathy_McLeod
McNAMARA, Joanne Political staff Chief of Staff to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages joannemcnamara
MONTGOMERY, Christopher Staffer Director of Parliamentary Affairs to the Leader of the Government in the Senate chrisjmonty
MOORE, James Politician Conservative MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam (BC) and Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages mpjamesmoore
NOBLE, Christina Staffer Legislative Assistant to the Minister of Industry ChristinaNoble
POTHIER, Chisholm Staffer Press Secretary to the Minister of Finance chisholmp
PRENTICE, Jim Politician Conservative MP for Calgary Centre-North and Minister of the Environmen t jimprentice
RAITT, Lisa Politician Conservative MP for Halton (Ont.) and Minister of Labour lraitt
RATHGEBER, Brent Politician Conservative MP for Edmonton St. Albert brentrathgeber
RICHARDS, Blake Politician Conservative MP for Wild Rose (AB) WildRoseMPBlake
ROSS, Jim Political Staffer Parliamentary Secretary assistant, in the office of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. JimRoss187
SOUDAS, Dimitri Staffer Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper pmosoudas
SPARROW, Ryan Staffer Director of Communications to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley ryansparrow
STALEY, Steve Staffer PMO Advance stevestaley
STANTON, Bruce Politician Conservative MP for Simcoe North (Ont.) Stanton_BruceMP
STRAHL, Chuck Politician Conservative MP for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon and Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. ChuckStrahl
WARAWA, Mark Politician Conservative MP for Langley (BC) mpmarkwarawa
WARKENTIN, Chris Politician Conservative MP from Peace River chriswarkentin
WHITE, Michael Staffer Deputy Press Secretary, Prime Minister's Office mikewhite_ns or PMOMike
WINTERBURN, Michael Staffer Communication strategist in the Prime Minister's Office. Winnie270
WOODWORTH, Stephen Politician Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre. WoodworthMP