John P. Webster

John Phillip Webster is a Canadian bank executive The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), serving as President & CEO of the Scotia Mortgage Authority. The Scotia Mortgage Authority are the number 1 provider of retail mortgages in Canada.^[1] He formerly served as the President & CEO of Maple Trust, who were acquired by Scotiabank in 2006.

Life

John was born in Drummondvile, Quebec, although he grew up in Perth, Ontario. He attending Wilfrid Laurier University, a member of the 1978 Yates Cup team, and went on to study law at McGill University.

Webster is active in the Liberal Party, and was a key strategist for the Paul Martin leadership campaign, credited as one of three main Martin advisers to internally topple the Chrétien regime in 2003.^[2] He served as one of three National Campaign Co-Chairs in the 2004 Federal Election, as a chief strategist for Prime Minister Martin.^[3] Prior to supporting Martin, Webster served as campaign director for both former Prime Minister John Turner and former Ontario Premier David Peterson.^[4] Most recently, Webster was a supporter of former Ontario Premier Bob Rae's Liberal leadership bid.^[5]

Webster received his Undergraduate diploma from the Wilfrid Laurier University, his LLB from McGill University.

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