__NOTOC__ Stephanie L. Kusie (born 1973) is a

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politician and former diplomat who was elected to the

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in a by-election on April 3, 2017."Conservative Kusie cruises to victory in Calgary-Midnapore, takes over for Kenney"
660 News, April 3, 2017. She represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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and serves as

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Minister of Treasury Board in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 44th Parliament of Canada.

Personal life

Kusie received a B.A. in political science from the

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and an M.B.A. from

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. She was chargé d'affaires ad interim for Canada to

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and consul for Canada to

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. She served as a senior policy advisor to

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. Her responsibilities included negotiating free trade deals, work related to the

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project, and lobbying the United Nations to place Canada on the Security Council. She married her spouse James Kusie on August 18th, 2006.

Political career

Kusie ran for

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in 2013 but did not win a seat. After the election, she worked on

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's Municipal Governance Project. The Conservative Party nominated Kusie for the 2017 Calgary Midnapore by-election; she succeeded former cabinet minister

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, who had resigned as Calgary Midnapore's Conservative MP in 2016. After being elected in 2017, Kusie was appointed as the Official Opposition Deputy Shadow Minister for Health. In September 2018, she took over the position of Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Democratic Institutions and became a vice-chair of the Standing Committee of Procedure and House Affairs In the same year, she accepted invitations to become a member of both the

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and

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. She was most recently elected to the executive committee of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas Interparliamentary Association. Following the fall 2019 general election, Kusie served as the Shadow Minister for Families, Children, and Social Development, a role she held until September 2020, when incoming Conservative Party Leader,

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, appointed her as the Shadow Minister of Transport in his new Shadow Cabinet. Kusie was re-elected in the 2021 federal election. Following the

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appointed a new Shadow Cabinet in October 2022 with Kusie in Treasury Board.

Electoral record

Federal

Municipal

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