Stephanie Cadieux

Stephanie Cadieux (born 1972 or 1973) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a BC Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Surrey-Panorama. After the 2013 provincial election, Cadieux was elected in the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale and in the 2017 provincial election, Cadieux was elected in the riding of Surrey South. In Opposition, she served as Opposition critic for Advanced Education and as Opposition critic for Gender Equity, Accessibility, Inclusion and Sport, having previously served, when her party formed the government, as the Minister of Children and Family Development, and prior to that as Minister of Social Development, Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government and Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.

Stephanie Cadieux
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey South
In office May 9, 2017 – April 30, 2022
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Elenore Sturko
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Cloverdale
In office May 14, 2013 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Kevin Falcon
Succeeded by	Marvin Hunt
Minister of Children and Family Development
In office September 5, 2012 – July 18, 2017
Preceded by	Mary McNeil
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Panorama
In office May 12, 2009 – May 14, 2013
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Marvin Hunt
Personal details
Born	1972 or 1973 (age 52–53)[1]
Political party	BC Liberal

She was a member of the Select Standing Committees on Health and on Children and Youth, and a former member of the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Cadieux, formerly the director of marketing and development for the BC Paraplegic Association and manager of accessibility for 2010 Legacies Now Society. Her leadership and resourcefulness led her to be voted one of Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40 for 2007. She has been a wheelchair user since a car accident at age 18.^[2] She is the second wheelchair user, following Doug Mowat, elected to the provincial legislature.

She has served as president of the Realwheels Society, ambassador for the Rick Hansen Man in Motion Foundation, a researcher and member of the advisory panel for the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), a member of the Diversity Advisory Committee for Global BC and as a mentor with the YWCA.

She has travelled extensively, including to Europe, Central America, Africa and North America, some of which has been as a delegate for international development work with people with disabilities in developing countries.^{[citation needed]}

She resigned from her MLA position, effective April 30, 2022, to become Canada's first Chief Accessibility Officer.^[3]

Electoral results

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephanie Cadieux	12,970	47.36	−3.58	$39,053.31
	New Democratic	Pauline Greaves	11,794	43.06	+10.19	$7,816.81
	Green	Tim Ibbotson	2,623	9.58	−2.27	$1,370.48
Total valid votes			27,387	98.64	–
Total rejected ballots			377	1.36	+0.57
Turnout			27,764	52.74	−7.17
Registered voters			52,640
Source: Elections BC[4][5]
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.89

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephanie Cadieux	13,509	50.94	$46,393
	New Democratic	Jonathan Silveira	8,718	32.87	$14,789
	Green	Pascal Tremblay	3,141	11.84	$0
	Independent	Peter Njenga	634	2.39	$7,288
	Libertarian	Josh Barrett	311	1.17	$0
	Independent	Gary Hee	140	0.53	$1,202
	Your Political Party	Fabiola Cecilia Palomino	67	0.25	$387
Total valid votes			26,520	99.21
Total rejected ballots			210	0.79
Turnout			26,730	59.91
Registered voters			44,615
Source: Elections BC[6][7]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Cloverdale
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephanie Cadieux	18,051	59.53	-3.17	$86,812
	New Democratic	Harry Kooner	8,777	28.95	-0.86	$54,929
	Conservative	Howard Wu	2,545	8.39		$852
	No Affiliation	Matt William Begley	949	3.13		$750
Total valid votes			30,322	99.34
Total rejected ballots			202	0.66	+0.10
Turnout			30,524	57.79	+2.77
Registered voters			52,817
Source: Elections BC[8]
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.16