Patricia Davidson (Canadian politician)

**Patricia A. Davidson**
Patricia A. Davidson
Member of Parliament; for Sarnia—Lambton
	In office; 2006–2015
Preceded by	Roger Gallaway
Succeeded by	Marilyn Gladu
Personal details
Born	June 30, 1946 (age 78); Petrolia, Ontario
Nationality	Canada
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Bill Davidson
Residence	Wyoming, Ontario
Profession	municipal politician

Patricia A. "Pat" Davidson (born June 30, 1946 in Petrolia, Ontario) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 until 2015 representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Davidson previously served as mayor of Wyoming (1991–2000) and Plympton-Wyoming, Ontario (2001–2006) and warden of Lambton County. She first won her seat in the 2006 federal election by defeating incumbent Liberal Roger Gallaway by more than 4,000 votes. Davidson was re-elected on May 2, 2011. She did not stand in the October 19, 2015 election.

She is married to Bill Davidson and has one son.

Davidson has publicly declared her opposition to the Canadian asbestos industry, which put her in disagreement with her party and then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Electoral record

Sarnia—Lambton

2011 Canadian federal election: Sarnia-Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	26,112	52.6%	+2.6%	–
	New Democratic	Brian White	14,856	29.9%	+8.3%	–
	Liberal	Tim Fugard	6,931	14.0%	-6.3%	–
	Green	Timothy van Bodegom	1,252	2.5%	-1.1%	–
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Desormeaux-Malm	514	1.0%	-0.2%	–
Total valid votes			49,665	100.0%	–

Source: Elections Canada

2008 Canadian federal election: Sarnia-Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	23,008	49.8%	+8.8%	$57,939
	New Democratic	Andy Bruziewicz	10,122	21.9%	+1.9%	$15,499
	Liberal	Tim Fugard	9,281	20.1%	-23.0%	$29,860
	Green	Allan McKeown	3,184	6.9%	+3.6%	$9,315
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Desormeaux-Malm	546	1.1%	+0.5%	$5,676
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,141	100.0%	$85,252
Turnout			–	%

Source: Elections Canada

2006 Canadian federal election: Sarnia-Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Davidson	21,841	41.0%	+10.5%
	Liberal	Roger Gallaway	17,649	33.1%	-8.8%
	New Democratic	Greg Agar	10,673	20.0%	+3.7%
	Green	Mike Jacobs	1,712	3.2%	-2.2%
	Christian Heritage	Gary DeBoer	1,108	2.1%	-1.7%
	Independent	John Elliot	316	0.6%	+0.1%
Total valid votes			53,299	100.0%

Source: Elections Canada

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