John Edward Wiersema (1955-2018) was the interim

Auditor General of Canada The Auditor General of Canada is an officer of the Parliament of Canada to aid accountability and oversight by conducting independent financial audits of federal government operations. These audits provide members of parliament with objective e ...

. He was appointed in May 2011 by the Prime Minister as for a mandate of six months after

Sheila Fraser Sheila Fraser (born September 16, 1950) served as Auditor General of Canada from 2001 to 2011. Early life and education Fraser was born in Dundee, Quebec, Canada to Kenneth Fraser (1917-2005), a Quebec Member of the National Assembly for Hunting ...

retired from the position. Prior to his appointment, Wiersema was Deputy Auditor General. Wiersema was born in Winnipeg, graduated from

Carleton University Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World ...

in Commerce and became an accountant in 1981. Married to Marilyn Cassie Hut in 1979 and died in Ottawa.

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