Cathy McLeod

Cathy McLeod MP
File:Cathy McLeod 5241.jpg
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
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Kamloops, British Columbia
Profession	nurse, administrator

Cathy McLeod (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.

Biography

McLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.

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.

In 2008, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo riding. She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote.

On Jan. 30, 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On Sept. 19, 2013, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	24,595	35.3	-16.99	–
	New Democratic	Bill Sundhu	21,466	30.8	-6.14	–
	Liberal	Steve Powrie	21,215	30.4	+25.04	–
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,489	3.6	-1.48	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			69,765	100.0		$269,665.48
Total rejected ballots			174	–	–
Turnout			69,939	74.50	+11.2
Eligible voters			93,877
	Conservative hold		Swing		-11.6
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011
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

Canadian federal election, 2008
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

External links

• Cathy McLeod
• Cathy McLeod – Parliament of Canada biography