Cathy McLeod

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	Rona Ambrose Andrew Scheer Erin O'Toole
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	(1957-06-12) 12 June 1957 (age 68) Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Profession	nurse, administrator

Biography

McLeod 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

v t e 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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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

v t e 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