Michael Barrett
MP
Michael Barrett in 2018
Barrett in 2018
Member of Parliament
for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Assumed office
December 3, 2018
Preceded byGord Brown
Personal details
Born1984 (age 39–40)
Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
Political partyConservative
Residence(s)Spencerville, Ontario, Canada

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

  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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