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Catherine McKenna
MP
Member of Parliament
for Ottawa Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byPaul Dewar
Personal details
Born1971
Hamilton, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
SpouseScott Gilmore[1]
Residence(s)Ottawa, Ontario
Alma mater
Websitecatherinemckenna.liberal.ca

Catherine Mary McKenna, MP (born 1971) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Ottawa Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election and was appointed as Minister of Environment and Climate Change in Justin Trudeau's first cabinet on November 4, 2015.[2]

She should not be confused with Catherine McKenney, the current Ottawa City Councillor for Somerset Ward within the same electoral district.

McKenna is trained as a human rights and social justice lawyer.[3] McKenna is the co-founder of Canadian Lawyers Abroad, a University of Ottawa-based charity that helps Canadian law students and law firms do pro bono legal work in developing countries.[4][1][3]

McKenna has also provided advise to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor and was formerly employed by the federal government as a trade policy officer.[5] She is also a lecturer at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.[3]

Federal politics

in the 2015 federal election, McKenna defeated longtime NDP MP Paul Dewar in the riding of Ottawa Centre.[6] McKenna had campaigned on issues such as reforming the National Capital Commission, funding for a new main branch of the Ottawa Public Library, and opposing the proposed Memorial to the Victims of Communism.[6]

Personal life

McKenna is married to entrepreneur and writer Scott Gilmore, with whom she lives in Ottawa.[1]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Ottawa Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Catherine Mary McKenna 32,111 42.6% +22.48 –
New Democratic Paul Dewar 28,988 38.5% -13.66 –
Conservative Damian Konstantinakos 10,943 14.5% -7.13 –
Green Tom Milroy 2,247 3.0% -2.03 –
Libertarian Dean T. Harris 589 0.8% – –
Rhinoceros Conrad Lukawski 170 0.2% – –
Marijuana John Andrew Omowole Akpata 160 0.2% – –
Communist Stuart Ryan 124 0.2% – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 75,500 100.0     $230,437.59
Total rejected ballots 386 – –
Turnout 75,886 – –
Eligible voters 91,625
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Small NGO, big results". Ottawa Citizen. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ "McKenna upsets Dewar in Ottawa Centre". Ottawa Citizen, October 20, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Wood, Michael (15 August 2015). "Ottawa Centre profile: Liberal candidate Catherine McKenna". Metro News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. ^ Taylor-Vaisey, Nick (3 October 2014). "An escalator pitch from Catherine McKenna on Canada in 2020". Maclean's. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Siekierski, BJ (3 March 2014). "Catherine McKenna: Trudeau's candidate in Ottawa Centre?". iPolitics.ca. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b Helmer, Aedan (20 October 2015). "Catherine McKenna scores huge victory in NDP stronghold". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Ottawa Centre, 30 September 2015
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  9. ^ [1]
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