Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
Cathy McLeod | |
|---|---|
 McLeod in 2017 | |
| Official Opposition Critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations | |
| In office 20 November 2015 – 15 August 2021 | |
| Leader | |
| Preceded by | Niki Ashton |
| Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | |
| In office 14 October 2008 – 20 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Betty Hinton |
| Succeeded by | Frank Caputo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 June 1957 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
| Profession | nurse, administrator |
Biography
editMcLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[2]
In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.[3]
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.[2][3]
In the 2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.[2] She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote.[4] 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.[5]
McLeod was re-elected in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections. On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election.[1] In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Frank Caputo held the riding for the Conservatives.[6]
Electoral record
edit| 2019 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Cathy McLeod | 32,415 | 44.74 | +9.49 | $108,203.10 | |||
| Liberal | Terry Lake | 19,716 | 27.21 | -3.20 | $75,414.37 | |||
| New Democratic | Cynthia Egli | 9,936 | 13.71 | -17.06 | $31,291.00 | |||
| Green | Iain Currie | 8,789 | 12.13 | +8.56 | $66,820.29 | |||
| People's | Ken Finlayson | 1,132 | 1.56 | none listed | ||||
| Animal Protection | Kira Cheeseborough | 321 | 0.44 | - | $1,599.00 | |||
| Communist | Peter Kerek | 144 | 0.20 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 72,453 | 99.57 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 311 | 0.43 | +0.18 | |||||
| Turnout | 72,764 | 69.93 | -3.42 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 104,054 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 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 | 99.75 | $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[9][10][11] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ a b Peters, James (4 February 2021). "Four-term Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP McLeod announces she will not seek re-election". CFJC Today. Kamloops. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Canada Votes 2011: Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo". CBC News. 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "About Cathy". Conservative Party of Canada. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009..
- ^ Hall, Sandy (2 May 2011). "Cathy McLeod re-elected". CFJC-TV. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Roles - Cathy McLeod - Current and Past". House of Commons of Canada.
- ^ "Conservative Caputo elected MP in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo". Kamloops This Week. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ 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.