Kirsty Duncan
Kirsty Duncan | |
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Duncan in 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | |
| In office November 20, 2019 – December 3, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Chris Bittle |
| Succeeded by | Sherry Romanado |
| Minister of Science and Sport | |
| In office November 4, 2015 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Herself (Sport and Persons with Disabilities) Ed Holder (Science and Technology) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities | |
| In office January 25, 2018 – July 18, 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Kent Hehr |
| Succeeded by | Herself (Sport) Carla Qualtrough (Persons with Disabilities) |
| Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – April 27, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Roy Cullen |
| Succeeded by | John Zerucelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kirsty Ellen Duncan October 31, 1966 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 26, 2026 (aged 59) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Sven Spengemann |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto (BA) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Profession | Geographer, professor, politician |
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Kirsty Ellen Duncan PC (October 31, 1966 – January 26, 2026) was a Canadian politician and medical geographer who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North from 2008 to 2025.
In her professional career, she published a book about her 1998 expedition to uncover the cause of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. A member of the Liberal Party, Duncan served in the Justin Trudeau government as the deputy leader of the government in the House of Commons from 2019 to 2021, as minister of science and sport from 2015 to 2019, and as minister of persons with disabilities in 2018. She did not seek re-election in the 2025 federal election.