John Russell Baird, PC, MP born May 26, 1969 is a Canadian politician currently serving as Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communitites in the in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Baird had held the post of Minister of the Environment and President of the Treasury Board. Baird had previously been a provincial politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2005 and was a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves serving as the Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Energy and Francophone Affairs in addition to being the Government's Chief Whip.