The Honourable Chris Bentley

Attorney General

Chris Bentley was elected to the Ontario legislature in 2003 and re-elected in 2007. He previously served as Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister of Labour.

He is a lawyer who has practised criminal and labour law. He also taught part-time at the University of Western Ontario Law School, where he helped to establish the Law School Careers Office. He has also been a continuing education lecturer in courses for judges, crown attorneys, the police and defence counsel. He has written a book on criminal law.

Active in the London community, Bentley was the first chairperson and an organizing committee member of Neighbourhood Legal Services London and Middlesex, a legal clinic established in London in 1985 to assist low-income clients.

Bentley attended the University of Western Ontario and received his law degree from the University of Toronto Law School in 1979. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1981 and later obtained a masters-level degree from Cambridge University in England.

Bentley has lived in London since 1967. He and his wife, Wendy, have two daughters. An avid runner, he is a regular participant in the 24-hour relay to raise funds for London’s hospitals and has completed three Boston marathons.