Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former

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politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo (formerly known as Kamloops—Thompson) is a former federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represente ...

from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party.

Biography

McLeod was born in

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, Canada. In 1981, McLeod completed training from the

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as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter. McLeod was a municipal politician in Pemberton,

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, serving as a town councillor from 1993 to 1996 and then as mayor from 1996 to 1999, before moving to

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, where she worked as a nurse and a health care administrator.. In the 2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote. On 30 January 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On 19 September 2013, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification. McLeod was re-elected in the

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and

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federal elections. On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election. In the

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Frank Caputo Frank Caputo is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. He was elected to represent the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Part ...

held the riding for the Conservatives.

Electoral record

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