Introduction
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.
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 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.
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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||