Tom McMillan is a former federal Cabinet minister, including as Minister of the Environment, and was Canada's Consul General to New England, at Boston. He served as a Member of Parliament from PEI for nine years. Before that, he was Policy Secretary to Rt. Hon. Robert L. Stanfield, leader of the PC Party of Canada. McMillan graduated from St. Dunstan's (UPEI) A and Queen's Universities. A political scientist, he resides in Boston and has three daughters.