Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former
Canadian
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politician who served as the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for the
riding of
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the
Conservative Party
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.
Biography
McLeod was born in
Kingston, Ontario
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, Canada.
In 1981, McLeod completed training from the
University of Western Ontario
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as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.
McLeod was a municipal politician in
Pemberton,
British Columbia
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, 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.
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In the
2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.
She was re-elected in the
2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote. 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.
McLeod was re-elected in the
2015 and
2019
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federal elections. On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election.
Electoral record
References
External links
Cathy McLeod*
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1957 births
Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Mayors of places in British Columbia
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
People from Kamloops
People from Kingston, Ontario
University of Western Ontario alumni
Women mayors of places in British Columbia
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Canadian nurses
Women nurses