Kathryn McGarry
| Kathryn McGarry | |
|---|---|
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| Ontario Minister of Transportation | |
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In office January 17, 2018 – June 29, 2018 | |
| Premier | Kathleen Wynne |
| Preceded by | Steven Del Duca |
| Succeeded by | John Yakabuski |
| Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry | |
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In office June 13, 2016 – January 18, 2018 | |
| Premier | Kathleen Wynne |
| Preceded by | Bill Mauro |
| Succeeded by | Nathalie Des Rosiers |
| Member of Provincial Parliament | |
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In office June 12, 2014 – June 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Leone |
| Succeeded by | Belinda Karahalios |
| Constituency | Cambridge |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Fred McGarry |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | North Dumfries, Ontario |
| Profession | Critical Care Nurse |
Kathryn McGarry is a Canadian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Cambridge. She served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. She is currently running for Mayor of Cambridge, Ontario.
Background
Kathryn McGarry has been a critical care nurse since 1978, working first at the Hospital for Sick Children, as well as Grand River Hospital and Cambridge Memorial hospital.[1]
McGarry was a founding member of Hospice Waterloo Region; past president of the Heritage Cambridge Board of Directors; and past chair of the Heritage Master Plan Implementation Committee. She is a member of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, and was a contributing member of the Community Leaders' Task Force on Municipal Restructuring.[2] McGarry has been a recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for voluntary, community and humanitarian service,[3] and the Bernice Adams Special Trustee award.[4]
Provincial politics
McGarry first ran in the 2007 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Cambridge. She was defeated by Progressive Conservative incumbent Gerry Martiniuk by 3,238 votes.[5] McGarry ran a second time in 2011 provincial election but was defeated by a reduced margin of 1,954 votes to new PC candidate Rob Leone.[6] McGarry ran a third time in 2014, this time defeating Leone by 3,067 votes.[7][8]
On June 24, 2014, McGarry was named Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Transportation, and given responsibility for drafting the province's first ever driverless car regulation, reforming the province's intercity bus system and strengthening cycling and road safety.[9][10][11]
On November 20, 2014, McGarry introduced a private member's bill, The Lung Health Act 2014,[12] which calls for the development and implementation of a comprehensive Ontario Lung Health Action Plan covering research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lung disease.[13]
On June 13, 2016, she was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry.[14]
As Minister of Natural Resources, McGarry introduced and passed legislation that increased accountability and oversight of Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities.[15]
McGarry also introduced the Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, which modernized the province's resource extraction rules by updating processes for fee and royalty increases on aggregates, expanded public participation in the extraction application process and enhanced environmental protections through clearer regulations and better oversight for aggregate companies.[16]
In a cabinet shuffle on January 18, 2018, McGarry was named Minister of Transportation.[17]
McGarry lost her re-election bid in the 2018 provincial election to Belinda Karahalios.[18]
Cabinet positions
| Ontario Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne | ||
| Cabinet posts (2) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Steven Del Duca | Minister of Transportation 2018 (January–June) |
John Yakabuski |
| Bill Mauro | Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry 2016–2018 |
Nathalie Des Rosiers |
Municipal politics
On July 18, 2018, McGarry announced that she was running for Mayor of Cambridge, Ontario.[19]
Election results
| Ontario general election, 2018 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Belinda Karahalios | 17,793 | 36.97% | +4.41 | ||||
| New Democratic | Marjorie Knight | 15,639 | 32.49% | +10.88 | ||||
| Liberal | Kathryn McGarry | 11,191 | 23.25% | -15.67 | ||||
| Green | Michele Braniff | 3,018 | 6.27% | +0.61 | ||||
| Libertarian | Allan Dettweiler | 490 | 1.02% | -0.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[20] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Kathryn McGarry | 18,763 | 38.92 | +5.85 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Leone | 15,694 | 32.56 | -5.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bobbi Stewart | 10,413 | 21.59 | -3.02 | ||||
| Green | Temara Brown | 2,726 | 5.68 | +3.18 | ||||
| Libertarian | Allan R. Dettweiler | 605 | 1.25 | -0.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,200 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 814 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,015 | 49.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 100,130 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +5.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[7] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rob Leone | 15,947 | 37.69 | -3.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Kathryn McGarry | 13,993 | 33.07 | -1.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Atinuke Bankole | 10,414 | 24.61 | +10.81 | ||||
| Green | Jacques Malette | 1,056 | 2.50 | -6.43 | ||||
| Libertarian | Allan Dettweiler | 629 | 1.49 | |||||
| Independent | Robert Ross | 271 | 0.64 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,310 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 187 | 0.44 | ||||||
| Turnout | 42,497 | 46.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,310 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gerry Martiniuk | 17,884 | 41.66 | -0.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Kathryn McGarry | 14,641 | 34.11 | -1.08 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mitchell Healey | 5,923 | 13.80 | -4.29 | ||||
| Green | Colin Carmichael | 3,835 | 8.93 | +6.84 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Paul Vendervet | 650 | 1.50 | -0.63 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,933 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Meet the candidates - CambridgeTimes.ca". 18 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Cambridge- Kathryn McGarry - Liberal". 16 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "YWCA announces Women of Distinction - CambridgeTimes.ca". 21 April 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "Bernice Adams award winners - CambridgeTimes.ca". 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- 1 2 "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 3 (xii). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2009. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- 1 2 "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- 1 2 "General Election by District: Cambridge". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Liberal Kathryn McGarry beats Tory in historic Cambridge win". CBC News. June 13, 2014.
- ↑ Herhalt, Chris (Nov 5, 2014). "Waterloo Region's Liberal MPPs will help with jobs fund, driverless cars law". Waterloo Region Record. Waterloo Region.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ↑ "2014 Parliamentary Assistant Mandate Letter: Transportation The Minister's instructions to the Parliamentary Assistant on priorities for the year 2014". Ontario.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
- ↑ "Bill 41, Lung Health Act, 2016 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Bills & Lawmaking - Current Parliament". www.ontla.on.ca. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ "MPP McGarry stands up for lung health - CambridgeTimes.ca". 10 December 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ↑ Hicks, Jeff (June 13, 2016). "McGarry gives Waterloo Region voice in Ontario cabinet". Waterloo Region Record. Waterloo Region.
- ↑ Werner, Kevin (June 12, 2017). "Ontario proposes stricter oversight of conservation authorities". Stoney Creek News. Hamilton.
- ↑ "Bill 39, Aggregate Resources and Mining Modernization Act, 2017 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Bills & Lawmaking - Current Parliament". www.ontla.on.ca.
- ↑ Martin, Ray (January 18, 2018). "McGarry surprised and excited with new post". Cambridge Times. Cambridge.
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ontario-election-results-cambridge-1.4695690
- ↑ https://www.therecord.com/news-story/8749276-kathryn-mcgarry-running-for-mayor-in-cambridge/
- ↑ "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
