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 MP
McLeod in 2017
Official Opposition Critic for Indigenous & Northern Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2015
Leader	Rona Ambrose
Preceded by	Niki Ashton
Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Betty Hinton
Personal details
Born	(1957-06-12) 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 January 30, 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On September 19, 2013, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification.[4]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	32,415	44.7
	Liberal	Terry Lake	19,716	27.2
	New Democratic	Cynthia Egli	9,936	13.7
	Green	Iain Currie	8,789	12.1
	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
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

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[7][8][9]

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

1. "Canada Votes 2011: Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo". CBC News. 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
2. 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.
3. Hall, Sandy (2 May 2011). "Cathy McLeod re-elected". CFJC-TV. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
4. http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Cathy-McLeod(59265)/Roles
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
7. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, 30 September 2015
8. Official Voting Results - Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
9. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.

External links

• Cathy McLeod
• Cathy McLeod – Parliament of Canada biography