Brison (born May 10, 1967) is a Canadian former politician from Nova Scotia.
Brison served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings-Hants from the 1997 federal election until July 2000, then from November 2000 to February 2019.
Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003.
He served as the Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2004 until 2006 in the Paul Martin government.
He was President of the Treasury Board of Canada in Justin Trudeau's ministry until January 2019.
In Opposition, Brison has served as the Liberal Party's Finance Critic.
In 2005, he was named by the World Economic Forum (WEF) of Davos, Switzerland, as one of its "Young Global Leaders".Brison announced on January 10, 2019, that he would not be standing in the 2019 federal election and was accordingly resigning from cabinet.
On February 6, 2019, he announced he was resigning his seat in the House of Commons of Canada effective February 10, 2019.
Brison now is the Bank of Montreal's vice-chair of investment and corporate banking.