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Michael Barrett (Canadian politician)

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] and was re-elected in the September 2021 federal election.[3]

Life

Barrett was born in Arnprior, Ontario in 1984,[4] attended Algonquin College in Ottawa,[5] 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.[6]

Barrett was elected to parliament at the 2018 Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes federal by-election.[7]

In November 2019 Barrett was appointed shadow minister for ethics.[8] In July 2020 following a letters from Barrett to Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, investigations were launched into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau[9] and Finance Minister Bill Morneau[10] to examine their conduct in the WE scandal.[11] In November 2021 Barrett was appointed into the Conservative leadership as the Deputy House Leader and a Co-Chair of Question Period Planning alongside James Bezan.[12] During a shadow cabinet shuffle in February 2022, Opposition Leader Candice Bergen named Barrett shadow minister for health. Barrett was also elected vice-chairman of the Standing Committee on Health.[13]

Electoral record

References

  1. ^ "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". National Post, December 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Conservative Michael Barrett wins re-election in Leeds-Grenville".
  3. ^ "Barrett keeps riding solidly blue". The Brockville Recorder & Times. September 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Profile".
  5. ^ "Algonquin SA (Students' Association) - Become a Director 2018: Michael Barrett | Facebook | By Algonquin SA (Students' Association) | Want to create change in the #algonquin community? Become an SA Director! Nomination packages will be available at the SA front desk starting November 26..." www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  6. ^ "Michael Barrett challenges Colin Brown in Tory nomination bid". Global News, June 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Bryden, Joan (4 December 2018). "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". National Post. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  8. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Ethics watchdog investigating Trudeau over choice of WE Charity to run $900M student grant program".
  10. ^ "Ethics commissioner launches investigation into Morneau's involvement in WE Charity contract".
  11. ^ "Kielburgers defend but don't always answer in WE scandal".
  12. ^ "Erin O'Toole announces Conservative Shadow Cabinet".
  13. ^ "Barrett named vice-chairman of Commons health committee". Brockville Recorder & Times. February 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  15. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

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