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Cathy McLeod
McLeod in 2017
Official Opposition Critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations
In office 20 November 2015 – 15 August 2021
Leader	Rona Ambrose Andrew Scheer Erin O'Toole
Preceded by	Niki Ashton
Member of Parliament for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
In office 14 October 2008 – 20 September 2021
Preceded by	Betty Hinton
Succeeded by	Frank Caputo
Personal details
Born	12 June 1957 (age 67) Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Profession	nurse, administrator

Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party.^[1]

McLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.^[2]

In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.^[3]

McLeod was a municipal politician in Pemberton, British Columbia, serving as a town councillor from 1993 to 1996 and then as mayor from 1996 to 1999, before moving to Kamloops, where she worked as a nurse and a health care administrator.^[2][3]

In the 2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.^[2] She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote.^[4] 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.^[5]

McLeod was re-elected in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections. On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election.^[1] In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Frank Caputo held the riding for the Conservatives.^[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	32,415	44.74	+9.49	$108,203.10
	Liberal	Terry Lake	19,716	27.21	-3.20	$75,414.37
	New Democratic	Cynthia Egli	9,936	13.71	-17.06	$31,291.00
	Green	Iain Currie	8,789	12.13	+8.56	$66,820.29
	People's	Ken Finlayson	1,132	1.56		none listed
	Animal Protection	Kira Cheeseborough	321	0.44	-	$1,599.00
	Communist	Peter Kerek	144	0.20	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit	72,453	99.57
Total rejected ballots	311	0.43	+0.18
Turnout	72,764	69.93	-3.42
Eligible voters	104,054
	Conservative hold	Swing	+6.34
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	24,595	35.25	-17.04	$151,162.59
	New Democratic	Bill Sundhu	21,466	30.77	-6.17	$153,060.21
	Liberal	Steve Powrie	21,215	30.41	+25.05	$38,402.70
	Green	Matt Greenwood	2,489	3.57	-1.52	$1,761.67
Total valid votes/expense limit	69,765	99.75		$271,469.66
Total rejected ballots	174	0.25	–
Turnout	69,939	73.35
Eligible voters	95,347
	Conservative hold	Swing	-5.43
Source: Elections Canada[9][10][11]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	29,682	52.24	+6.08
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	20,983	36.93	+1.04
	Liberal	Murray Todd	3,026	5.33	-4.51
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	2,932	5.16	-2.95
	Christian Heritage	Christopher Kempling	191	0.34	–
Total valid votes	56,814	100.0
Total rejected ballots	164	0.3	±0
Turnout	56,978	63.3	+1.2
Eligible voters	89,964
	Conservative hold	Swing	+2.52

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Cathy McLeod	25,209	46.16	+6.89	$82,161
	New Democratic	Michael Crawford	19,601	35.89	+5.11	$74,451
	Liberal	Ken Sommerfeld	5,375	9.84	-15.38	$61,963
	Green	Donovan Grube Cavers	4,430	8.11	+3.39	$1,996
Total valid votes/expense limit	54,615	100.0		$107,718
Total rejected ballots	137	0.3	+0.1
Total votes	54,752	62.0	+1
	Conservative hold	Swing	+0.89

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