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
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Michael Barrett | 29,950 | 50.5 | +1.5 | ||||
| Liberal | Roberta L. Abbott | 14,935 | 25.2 | -1.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Taylor | 8,863 | 15.0 | +1.0 | ||||
| People's | Alex Cassell | 3,394 | 5.7 | +4.0 | ||||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 2,134 | 3.6 | -5.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 59,276 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 380 | |||||||
| Turnout | 59,656 | 68.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,118 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Michael Barrett | 28,630 | 48.98 | -8.85 | $52,413.10 | |||
| Liberal | Josh Bennett | 15,482 | 26.49 | -9.32 | $48,972.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Michelle Taylor | 8,201 | 14.03 | +11 | $4,315.07 | |||
| Green | Lorraine Rekmans | 5,152 | 8.81 | +5.86 | none listed | |||
| People's | Evan Hindle | 988 | 1.69 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,453 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 479 | |||||||
| Turnout | 58,932 | 69.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 84,442 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.6 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". National Post, December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Conservative Michael Barrett wins re-election in Leeds-Grenville".
- ^ "Barrett keeps riding solidly blue". The Brockville Recorder & Times. September 22, 2021.
- ^ "Profile".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Michael Barrett challenges Colin Brown in Tory nomination bid". Global News, June 20, 2018.
- ^ Bryden, Joan (4 December 2018). "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". National Post. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ 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) - ^ "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".
- ^ "Erin O'Toole announces Conservative Shadow Cabinet".
- ^ "Barrett named vice-chairman of Commons health committee". Brockville Recorder & Times. February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
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