Terry Sheehan (born 1970) is a

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politician who presently serves as the Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie in the

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. First elected in the 2015 federal election,"Sheehan wins in Sault"
'' Sault Star'', October 20, 2015. he was re-elected in

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and

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as well. Prior to his parliamentary service, Sheehan served on the

Sault Ste. Marie City Council Sault Ste. Marie City Council is the governing body of the municipal government of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Meeting at the Ronald A. Irwin Civic Centre on the city's waterfront, it consists of ten city councillors and the mayor of Sault Ste. M ...

from 2003 to 2015, representing Ward 2, after two terms as a Trustee on the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board. In the 42nd Parliament, Sheehan was a member of the International Trade Committee and the Industry, Science, and Technology Committee, in addition to serving as co-chair of the Canada-Japan Interparliamentary Group, Chair of the

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Liberal Caucus, member of the All-Party Steel Caucus and a member of the Executive Committees of the Canada-Ireland and Canada-Italy Interparliamentary Groups. In the 43rd Parliament, Sheehan was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages, with responsibility for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario. Sheehan was re-elected to the 44th Parliament of Canada in the 2021 federal election.

Political career

Sheehan won re-election in 2021 by a margin of only 247 votes, a result so close it was not certain until two days after election day, following the count of the riding's mail-in ballots. In the wake of the resignation of

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, Sheehan said he would not seek the leadership of the Liberal Party. He is the Liberal candidate for the newly redistributed riding of Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma in the

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Electoral record

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* 1970 births Living people Canadian management consultants Lake Superior State University alumni Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Ontario school board trustees Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario city councillors 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century Canadian municipal councillors {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub