Michael Barrett (Canadian politician)
Michael Barrett | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Barrett in 2018 | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | |
| Assumed office December 3, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Gord Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1984 (age 35–36) Arnprior, Ontario |
| Residence | Spencerville, Ontario |
Michael Barrett MP (born 1984) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on December 3, 2018.[1] He represents the electoral district of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He won the riding again in the October 2019 federal election[2].
Barrett was born in Arnprior, Ontario in 1984,[3] attended Algonquin College in Ottawa, and enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces. Following his service in the Army, he worked as a human resources manager. Before his election to Parliament he served as a municipal councillor in Edwardsburgh/Cardinal for four years.[4] In November 2019 Barrett was appointed shadow minister for ethics.[5] In July 2020 following a letters from Barrett to Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, investigations were launched into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau[6] and Finance Minister Bill Morneau[7] to examine their conduct in the WE scandal[8].
Electoral record[edit]
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Michael Barrett | 28,630 | 48.98 | -8.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Josh Bennett | 15,482 | 26.49 | -9.32 | ||||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 5,152 | 8.81 | +5.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Taylor | 8,201 | 14.03 | +11 | ||||
| People's | Evan Hindle | 988 | 1.69 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,453 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 479 | |||||||
| Turnout | 58,932 | 69.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,442 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, December 3, 2018: Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Death of Gord Brown | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Michael Barrett | 16,865 | 57.8 | +10.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Jean McFall | 10,443 | 35.8 | -4.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Taylor | 883 | 3.0 | -5.4 | ||||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 859 | 2.9 | -0.8 | ||||
| Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 111 | 0.4 | +0.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 29,169 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 35.89% | |||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". National Post, December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Conservative Michael Barrett wins re-election in Leeds-Grenville".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Michael Barrett challenges Colin Brown in Tory nomination bid". Global News, June 20, 2018.
- ^ November 29, Ronald Zajac More from Ronald Zajac Published on; November 29, 2019 | Last Updated; Est, 2019 5:01 Pm (2019-11-29). "Barrett gets ethics post". Brockville Recorder & Times. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Ethics watchdog investigating Trudeau over choice of WE Charity to run $900M student grant program".
- ^ "Ethics commissioner launches investigation into Morneau's involvement in WE Charity contract".
- ^ "Kielburgers defend but don't always answer in WE scandal".
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
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