Robert Kitchen

Doctor Robert Kitchen MP
Shadow Minister for Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office November 19, 2015
Leader	Andrew Scheer
Preceded by	Matthew Dubé
Member of Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Ed Komarnicki
Personal details
Born	Poole, Dorset, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Donna Kitchen
Children	Andrew Kathryn Stephen
Residence(s)	Estevan, Saskatchewan
Profession	Chiropractor

Robert Gordon Kitchen MP 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.

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.

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

External links

• Robert Kitchen – Parliament of Canada biography