Robert Kitchen
Robert Kitchen | |
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| File:KitchenMP.jpg | |
| Shadow Minister for Sport | |
| Assumed office November 19, 2015 | |
| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Matthew Dubé |
| Member of Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Komarnicki |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Poole, Dorset, England[1] |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Donna Kitchen |
| Children | Andrew Kathryn Stephen |
| Residence(s) | Estevan, Saskatchewan |
| Profession | Chiropractor |
Robert Gordon Kitchen is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Souris—Moose Mountain at the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Biography
Kitchen was born in England, while his father, a major general in the Canadian Armed Forces, was stationed there. When he was sixteen years old, he was hit by a drunk driver while riding a bicycle. As a result, he is deaf in his left ear. He lived in Canada, England, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and the United States as a child. He attended the University of Waterloo, graduating with a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Kinesiology, before attending the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College where he earned his Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C). Kitchen later completed a two-year specialty fellowship in chiropractic clinical sciences, including a six-month residency at the Royal University Hospital Department of Orthopedics in Saskatoon as well as a postgraduate degree in educational administration at the University of Regina.
Kitchen owned and operated a private chiropractic clinic for the past 26 years in Estevan and is a board member of the Chiropractors’ Association of Saskatchewan (CAS); a registrar for the CAS for 6 years; and president of the Canadian Federation of Chiropractic Regulatory, Educational and Accreditation Board (CRCREAB) for 4 years.[3]
Personal
Kitchen is married to his wife, Donna, and has three grown children, Andrew, Kathryn and Stephen.
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Robert Gordon Kitchen | 26,315 | 70.1 | -2.76 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Vicky O'Dell | 5,131 | 13.7 | -4.79 | – | |||
| Liberal | Steve Bebbington | 5,076 | 13.5 | +7.91 | – | |||
| Green | Bob Deptuck | 994 | 2.6 | -0.53 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 37,516 | 100.0 | $227,839.10 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 37,642 | 72.25 | +8.25 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 52,093 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.78 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ http://ckom.com/campaign-close-and-personal-robert-kitchen-conservative
- ^ "Conservative Robert Kitchen wins Souris-Moose Mountain riding". CBC. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ Campaign Close Up (and Personal) - Robert Kitchen, Conservative
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Souris—Moose Mountain, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates