KAMLOOPS – Bob Gieselman, chair of the candidate nomination committee for the Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Electoral District Association, confirmed on Monday that Cathy McLeod has been acclaimed as the Conservative Party candidate for the next federal election in 2015.
“As nomination committee chair I’m pleased to report that the nomination process was completed as per our bylaws set by the Conservative Party of Canada,” said Gieselman. “There were no other candidates that submitted an application.”
The Conservative Party of Canada is currently conducting open nominations in all 338 ridings for the 2015 federal election.
Cathy McLeod was first elected to the House of Commons in October 2008 and was re-elected in 2011. McLeod was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification in September 2013. Previously, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue in January 2011.
Currently McLeod sits on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. She also served on the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women. Since coming to office in 2008, Cathy has also worked on the Standing Committees on Health, the Status of Women, Finance, and is a member of a number of international all-party caucuses. She is also a former member of the Red Tape Reduction Commission.
“I am deeply honoured to be nominated by the members of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo Conservative Association as their candidate for the next election,” said Cathy McLeod. “I look forward to continuing to work hard for the constituents of this riding as Member of Parliament for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo.”