The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson has served as the Member of Parliament for North Vancouver - Capilano since 2015. In late 2015 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. MP Wilkinson was then appointed as the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. After the 2019 election, Minister Wilkinson was appointed Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change. In 2021, he was appointed Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, a position he filled until the new cabinet was assigned following the 2025 federal election.

MP Wilkinson was born in Ontario and grew up in Saskatchewan. A Rhodes Scholar, he has obtained degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, Oxford University and McGill. Following graduate studies, MP Wilkinson made use of his educational background in public policy when he worked as a constitutional negotiator and a federal-provincial relations specialist for former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow. 

MP Wilkinson subsequently spent more than 20 years in the private sector, holding leadership 
positions with a number of companies dedicated to the development of green technologies. His work as CEO of both QuestAir Technologies and BioteQ Environmental Technologies, in addition to his role as Senior Vice-President of Business Development with Nexterra, provided him with extensive experience in the energy and environmental technology sectors. He also previously worked at Bain & Company (Toronto), a leading global management consultancy. MP Wilkinson has served on several industry and charitable boards, including the United Way of the Lower Mainland, the B.C. Technology Industry Association, Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Canada and the BC Chapter of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association. He also served for many years as a board member and treasurer of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. MP Wilkinson has lived in North Vancouver for 25 years, where he raised his family alongside his wife, Tara