John Barlow (Canadian politician)
John Barlow MP | |
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Barlow in 2018 | |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Foothills | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Riding Created |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Macleod | |
In office June 30, 2014 – October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ted Menzies |
Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born |
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | October 13, 1971
Political party | Conservative |
Residence | Okotoks, Alberta, Canada |
Profession | Newspaper editor |
John Barlow MP (born October 13, 1971) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Macleod in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election.[1]
Barlow was re-elected on October 19, 2015, in the riding of Foothills [2]
Prior to his election, Barlow was a newspaper editor.[3] Barlow had previously run for the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta in Highwood during the 2012 Alberta general election,[4] losing to Wildrose leader Danielle Smith.
Political career
Barlow was first elected to represent the riding of Macleod in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election[1] resulting from the retirement of former Member of Parliament Ted Menzies.
He was re-elected on October 19, 2015, in the riding of Foothills,[2] Alberta.
Interprovincial Trade Critic
In 2016, Barlow was appointed as the Interprovincial Trade Critic[5] by Rona Ambrose, the interim Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. As critic, he focused on the campaign, #FreeTheBeer,[6] which is intended to build public pressure for the provinces to ratify a free trade deal for Canada, specifically focused on alcohol trade between provinces.
Also in 2016, Barlow tabled his Private Member’s Bill C-351, "An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act and the Excise Act, 2001 (importation)".[7] If passed, this legislation would:
- allow producers to sell their product directly to consumers anywhere in Canada without permission of a provincial liquor board, and
- allow a person to transport alcohol from one province to another for personal use.[8]
Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food (Associate)
In 2016, newly elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Andrew Scheer, appointed Barlow as the Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food (Associate).[9] Simultaneously, Barlow also sits on the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.[10]
Electoral record
Alberta general election, 2012: Highwood | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Wildrose | Danielle Smith | 10,094 | 52.59% | 41.14% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Barlow | 8,159 | 42.51% | −22.11% | ||||
Liberal | Keegan Gibson | 547 | 2.85% | −10.90% | ||||
New Democratic | Miles Dato | 392 | 2.04% | −1.30% | ||||
Total | 19,192 | |||||||
Eligible electors / Turnout | 32,649 | 58.8% |
Canadian federal by-election, June 30, 2014: Macleod | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | John Barlow | 12,616 | 69.16 | −8.33 | ||||
Liberal | Dustin Fuller | 3,092 | 16.95 | +13.27 | ||||
Green | Larry Ashmore | 991 | 5.43 | +0.81 | ||||
Christian Heritage | David J. Reimer | 774 | 4.24 | +3.75 | ||||
New Democratic | Aileen Burke | 770 | 4.22 | −6.11 | ||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 18,243 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 81 | 0.44 | – | |||||
Turnout | 18,324 | 19.92 | −41.60 | |||||
Eligible voters | 92,007 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −10.80 | ||||||
By-election due to the resignation of Ted Menzies. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11] |
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | John Barlow | 46,166 | 75.70 | -2.12 | – | |||
Liberal | Tanya MacPherson | 8,149 | 13.36 | +9.84 | – | |||
New Democratic | Alison Thompson | 3,919 | 6.43 | -3.67 | – | |||
Green | Romy S. Tittel | 1,983 | 3.25 | -1.50 | – | |||
Libertarian | Cory Morgan | 424 | 0.70 | -3.12 | – | |||
Christian Heritage | Marc Slingerland | 345 | 0.57 | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 60,986 | 100.00 | $234,738.91 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 141 | 0.23 | – | |||||
Turnout | 61,127 | 74.20 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,380 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.98 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[12][13] |
References
- 1 2 "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Contact Information - BARLOW, John". Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- 1 2 "Voter Information Service - Election results since 2015". www.elections.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ Graveland, Bill (March 9, 2014). "John Barlow wins hotly contested federal Conservative nomination for Macleod byelection". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
- ↑ "Redford and Smith hit Alberta hustings on each other's turf". Retrieved 26 September 2017 – via The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "I was appointed as Interprovincial Trade Critic". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ Canada, Conservative Party of. "Free the Beer". Free the Beer. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ "LEGISinfo - Private Member's Bill C-351 (42-1)". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ "Bill C-351 | John Barlow". johnbarlowmp.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ "Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 42nd Parliament of Canada". Wikipedia. 2018-01-08.
- ↑ "AGRI - Members". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
- ↑ "Elections Canada". Elections Canada. June 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
- ↑ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Foothills (Validated results)". Elections Canada. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine.