Cathy McLeod
Cathy McLeod MP (born 12 June 1957) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
Cathy McLeod | |
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| Official Opposition Critic for Indigenous & Northern Affairs | |
| Assumed office 20 November 2015 | |
| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Niki Ashton |
| Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | |
| Assumed office 14 October 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Betty Hinton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1957 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
| Profession | nurse, administrator |
Biography
McLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[1]
In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.[2]
McLeod was a municipal politician in Pemberton, British Columbia, serving as a town councillor from 1993 to 1996 and then as mayor from 1996 to 1999, before moving to Kamloops, where she worked as a nurse and a health care administrator.[1][2]
In 2008, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo riding.[1] She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote.[3]
On 30 January 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On 19 September 2013, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification.[4]
On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election.[5]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 32,415 | 44.7 | +9.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Terry Lake | 19,716 | 27.2 | -3.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Cynthia Egli | 9,936 | 13.7 | -17.07 | ||||
| Green | Iain Currie | 8,789 | 12.1 | +8.53 | ||||
| People's | Ken Finlayson | 1,132 | 1.6 | - | ||||
| Animal Protection | Kira Cheeseborough | 321 | 0.4 | - | ||||
| Communist | Peter Kerek | 144 | 0.2 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 72,453 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 311 | |||||||
| Turnout | 72,764 | 70.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 102,759 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.33 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 24,595 | 35.25 | -17.04 | $151,162.59 | |||
| New Democratic | Bill Sundhu | 21,466 | 30.77 | -6.17 | $153,060.21 | |||
| Liberal | Steve Powrie | 21,215 | 30.41 | +25.05 | $38,402.70 | |||
| Green | Matt Greenwood | 2,489 | 3.57 | -1.52 | $1,761.67 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 69,765 | 100.00 | $271,469.66 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 174 | 0.25 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 69,939 | 73.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,347 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.43 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 29,682 | 52.24 | +6.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michael Crawford | 20,983 | 36.93 | +1.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Murray Todd | 3,026 | 5.33 | -4.51 | ||||
| Green | Donovan Grube Cavers | 2,932 | 5.16 | -2.95 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Christopher Kempling | 191 | 0.34 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 56,814 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 164 | 0.3 | ±0 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,978 | 63.3 | +1.2 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 89,964 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.52 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 25,209 | 46.16 | +6.89 | $82,161 | |||
| New Democratic | Michael Crawford | 19,601 | 35.89 | +5.11 | $74,451 | |||
| Liberal | Ken Sommerfeld | 5,375 | 9.84 | -15.38 | $61,963 | |||
| Green | Donovan Grube Cavers | 4,430 | 8.11 | +3.39 | $1,996 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,615 | 100.0 | $107,718 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 137 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |||||
| Total votes | 54,752 | 62.0 | +1 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.89 | ||||||
References
- "Canada Votes 2011: Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo". CBC News. 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- Conservative Party of Canada (2009). About Cathy. Retrieved on 2009-10-03 from http://www.cathymcleod.ca/EN/about_cathy/ Archived 24 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- Hall, Sandy (2 May 2011). "Cathy McLeod re-elected". CFJC-TV. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Cathy-McLeod(59265)/Roles
- https://cfjctoday.com/2021/02/04/four-term-kamloops-thompson-cariboo-mp-mcleod-announces-she-will-not-seek-re-election/
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, 30 September 2015
- Official Voting Results - Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
- "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
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