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]

Michael Barrett

MP
Barrett in 2018
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Assumed office
December 3, 2018
Preceded byGord Brown
Personal details
Born1984 (age 36–37)
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
Political partyConservative
ResidenceSpencerville, Ontario, Canada

Life

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]

Barrett was elected to parliament at the 2018 Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes federal by-election.[5]

In November 2019 Barrett was appointed shadow minister for ethics.[6] In July 2020 following a letters from Barrett to Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, investigations were launched into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau[7] and Finance Minister Bill Morneau[8] to examine their conduct in the WE scandal.[9]

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMichael Barrett28,63048.98-8.85
LiberalJosh Bennett15,48226.49-9.32
New DemocraticMichelle Taylor8,20114.03+11
GreenLorraine Rekmans5,1528.81+5.86
People'sEvan Hindle9881.69
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,453100.0  
Total rejected ballots 479
Turnout 58,93269.8
Eligible voters 84,442
Conservative hold Swing +0.24
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]
Canadian federal by-election, December 3, 2018: Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Death of Gord Brown
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMichael Barrett16,86557.8+10.4
LiberalMary Jean McFall10,44335.8-4.8
New DemocraticMichelle Taylor8833.0-5.4
GreenLorraine Rekmans8592.9-0.8
IndependentJohn "The Engineer" Turmel1110.4+0.4
Total valid votes/Expense limit 29,169100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 35.89%
Eligible voters
Conservative hold Swing +7.6

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".
  4. "Michael Barrett challenges Colin Brown in Tory nomination bid". Global News, June 20, 2018.
  5. "Federal Conservatives cruise to convincing victory in eastern Ontario byelection". nationalpost. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  6. 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.
  7. "Ethics watchdog investigating Trudeau over choice of WE Charity to run $900M student grant program".
  8. "Ethics commissioner launches investigation into Morneau's involvement in WE Charity contract".
  9. "Kielburgers defend but don't always answer in WE scandal".
  10. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  11. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 31, 2019.


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