Colin Carrie (born April 11, 1962) is a
Canadian
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politician
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. He is a current member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Common ...
, representing the riding of
Oshawa
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in the province of
Ontario
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for the
Conservative Party of Canada
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.
Personal life
Carrie was born in
Hamilton, Ontario
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. He lived in several Canadian cities before settling in
Oshawa
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at age fifteen. He has a
Bachelor's Degree
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in
Kinesiology
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from the
University of Waterloo
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, and was awarded a
Doctor of Chiropractic
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in 1989 from the
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
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. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a
chiropractor
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. He is a past executive member of the
Durham Chiropractic Society and former Chair of Spinal Health Week in Durham Region, and has been Financial Secretary of the
Oshawa
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Knights of Columbus
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. Carrie also served as a Director of the
Oshawa
Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...
Progressive Conservative Party Association, before the party's 2004 merger with the
Canadian Alliance
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to form the
Conservative Party of Canada
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.
Political career
Carrie was first elected as
Member of Parliament (Canada)
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for
Oshawa
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in the
2004 federal election, defeating
NDP
NDP may stand for:
Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
candidate
Sid Ryan
Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan (born 1952) is a Canadian labour union leader and politician.
Ryan is the former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and third eldest of ten children, Ryan emigrat ...
and
Liberal
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* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
candidate Louise Parkes in a close three-way race. In the 38th Parliament, he served as a member of the
House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
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.
During this session, he reintroduced Private Member's Bill C-420 An Act to Amend the Food and Drugs Act (previously introduced by
James Lunney
James D. Lunney (born September 5, 1951) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Alberni from 2000 to 2015.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in ...
) to end the listing of vitamins, minerals and related products as drugs under the Canadian Food and Drugs Act. This measure has been criticized by some as removing a safety provision from the regulation of natural health products. Supporters of the bill argued that it would benefit the position of small producers relative to the pharmaceutical industry. Carrie also served as the founding Chair of the
Conservative Party of Canada's Automotive Caucus and was also a member of the
Conservative Party of Canada's Energy Caucus and Seniors Caucus.
In a close two-way race with returning
NDP
NDP may stand for:
Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
challenger
Sid Ryan
Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan (born 1952) is a Canadian labour union leader and politician.
Ryan is the former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and third eldest of ten children, Ryan emigrat ...
, he retained his seat in the 2006 election as part of the first Conservative government to be elected in Canada in almost 13 years. He once again retained his seat in October 2008. On February 7, 2006, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
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appointed him to the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry.
Carrie once again retained his seat in the
2008 federal election. In a two-way race between himself and
NDP
NDP may stand for:
Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
candidate Mike Shields, Carrie won by a larger margin than his previous two elections. In November 2008, Carrie was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health by
Prime Minister
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Stephen Harper
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. During the
40th Parliament Carrie resumed his membership on the
House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
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.
In the
2011 federal election, Carrie won his fourth election in seven years. In an historic election which saw the
Liberals relegated to the third party and the
Conservatives
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achieve a majority in the
House of Commons
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, Carrie was elected ahead of his main opponent,
NDP
NDP may stand for:
Computing
* Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol
* Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP
* Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language
Government
* National Deve ...
candidate and
CAW President
Chris Buckley, receiving a landslide 51.3% support from
Oshawa
Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...
voters. Carrie won by the largest margin of victory in Oshawa since the
NDP's Ed Broadbent
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in the
1980 federal election.
In September 2013, Carrie was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment.
In October 2015 Carrie won his fifth election victory in Oshawa against challengers Mary Fowler (NDP) and Tito-Dante Marimpietri (Liberal). This election saw the Conservatives move from Government to Official Opposition where Carrie was appointed Deputy Critic for Health. Carrie later took on the role of Official Opposition Critic for Health under interim Leader Rona Ambrose. Following the election of Andrew Scheer as Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, MP Carrie was asked to lend his considerable experience to the international relations file.
Under the leadership of Andrew Scheer, he served as Deputy Shadow Minister/Deputy Critic for Economic Development (S. Ontario) and Canada-US Relations. Following the 2019 federal election, they became full critic roles as opposed to deputy roles.
In June 2019, Carrie presented Bill C-461, "an act to amend the Criminal Code and the Judges Act (trafficking in persons)." The Private Member's Bill was proposed to provide judges training on the consequences of human trafficking and specify the legal definition of "human trafficking." The bill passed first reading. Carrie also worked with Oshawa resident Lisa Freeman, whose father was murdered in 1991, to draft a bill aimed at providing greater transparency victims of violent crime and their families during the parole hearing process. Bill C-466, "An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (disclosure of information to victims)," was tabled by MP
Lisa Raitt
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and passed first reading. However, neither bill became law, as the House of Commons went on summer recess shortly thereafter and the 2019 election followed that. As of October 2020, Carrie is working to again propose the bills.
Carrie now sits as a member on the House of Commons Standing Committee for Veterans Affairs.
After the House of Commons introduced a vaccine mandate, Carrie claimed a medical exemption. He attended House meetings virtually.
Electoral record
See also
*
List of University of Waterloo people
The University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, is a comprehensive public university that was founded in 1957 by Drs. Gerry Hagey and Ira G. Needles. It has grown into an institution of more than 42,000 students, faculty, and ...
References
External links
Official siteHow'd They Vote?: Colin Carrie's voting history and quotes*
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1962 births
Canadian chiropractors
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
People from Oshawa
Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
University of Waterloo alumni
21st-century Canadian politicians
Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College alumni