Katie Telford Net Worth 2023, Age, Husband, Children, Height, Family, Parents, Salary

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Introduction

Katie Telford is a Canadian political strategist who is the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She served as Trudeau’s chief campaign advisor during his successful campaign in the 2015 election. Following the resignation of Gerald Butts, Telford has been acknowledged as holding the highest-ranking position within the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Early life

Name	Katie Telford
Net Worth	$3 million
Occupation	Political strategist
Age	45 years
Height	1.68m

Katie Telford net worth

Katie Telford was born in 1978 (age 45 years) and raised in Toronto. Her parents were public servants; her father was Australian and her mother was from Hamilton, Ontario. When Telford was 12, she worked as a page for several weeks in the Ontario legislature.

Telford studied political science at the University of Ottawa, where she joined the debate club and ultimately became the club’s president. The team was a two-time national semi-finalist and finished high at the world championship event in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Career

Katie Telford was chief of staff to Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy from 2004 to 2006 and headed his campaign in the 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. She later served as deputy chief of staff for Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, and worked as a consultant for StrategyCorp in Toronto between her positions with Dion and Trudeau.

On September 21, 2016, The Globe and Mail reported that Telford had charged moving expenses to Canadian taxpayers in the amount of $80,382.55 to relocate her residence from Toronto to Ottawa. These expenses included a personalized cash payout of $23,373.71. After it was revealed publicly, Telford agreed to repay a portion of the $80,382.55.

Telford was accused of a conflict of interest when it was revealed that her husband’s firm received $84 million to manage the rent assistance aid program. This accusation was dismissed by the Lobbying Commissioner.

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Husband

Katie Telford is married to her husband Rob Silver, they had their wedding in Toronto. Her husband is a consultant for a public affairs agency and a former regular Power & Politics panelist. The couple has one son. As of early 2023, Katie Telford and her husband Rob Silver are still married.

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