Stephanie Kusie
Stephanie Kusie MP | |
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Shadow Minister of Transport | |
In office September 2020 – November 9, 2021 | |
Leader | Erin O'Toole Candice Bergen (acting) |
Preceded by | Todd Doherty |
Succeeded by | Melissa Lantsman |
Member of Parliament for Calgary Midnapore | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office April 3, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jason Kenney |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972/1973 (age 48–49)[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Political party | Conservative |
Children | Edward Kusie |
Residence | Calgary[2] |
Education | University of Calgary (B.A. Political Science) Rutgers University (M.B.A.) |
Profession | Member of Parliament |
Stephanie Kusie MP (born 1973) is a Canadian politician and former diplomat who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on April 3, 2017.[3] She represents the electoral district of Calgary Midnapore as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada[3] and serves as Shadow Minister of Transport in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 43rd Parliament of Canada.
Personal life[]
Kusie received a B.A. in political science from the University of Calgary and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University. She was chargé d'affaires ad interim for Canada to El Salvador and consul for Canada to Dallas, Texas. She served as a senior policy advisor to Peter Kent on Latin America.[4] Her responsibilities included negotiating free trade deals, work related to the Keystone pipeline project, and lobbying the United Nations to place Canada on the Security Council.
Political career[]
The Conservative Party nominated Kusie for the 2017 Calgary Midnapore by-election; she succeeded former cabinet minister Jason Kenney, who had resigned as an MP in 2016, as Midnapore's Conservative representative and subsequently MP. After being elected in 2017, Kusie was appointed as the Official Opposition Deputy Shadow Minister for Health. In September 2018, she took over the position of Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Democratic Institutions and became a vice-chair of the Standing Committee of Procedure and House Affairs In the same year, she accepted invitations to become a member of both the Trilateral Commission and CANZUK. She was most recently elected to the executive committee of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas Interparliamentary Association. Following the fall 2019 general election, Kusie served as the Shadow Minister for Families, Children, and Social Development,[5] a role she held until September 2020, when incoming Conservative Party Leader, Erin O’Toole, appointed her as the Shadow Minister of Transport in his new Shadow Cabinet.
Kusie ran for Calgary City Council in 2013 but did not win a seat. After the election, she worked on Preston Manning's Municipal Governance Project.[4]
Electoral record[]
Federal[]
2019 Canadian federal election: Calgary Midnapore | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 50,559 | 74.3 | -2.87 | $74,411.39 | |||
Liberal | Brian Aalto | 7,507 | 11.0 | -6.01 | $1,875.42 | |||
New Democratic | Gurmit Bhachu | 6,445 | 9.5 | +6.97 | $2,059.00 | |||
Green | Taylor Stasila | 1,992 | 2.9 | +0.75 | $0.00 | |||
People's | Edward Gao | 1,585 | 2.3 | - | $8,767.66 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,088 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 338 | |||||||
Turnout | 68,426 | 73.2 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 93,458 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.57 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8] |
Calgary Midnapore Resignation of Jason Kenney | Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Stephanie Kusie | 22,454 | 77.17 | +10.44 | ||||
Liberal | Haley Brown | 4,950 | 17.01 | −5.64 | ||||
New Democratic | Holly Heffernan | 735 | 2.53 | −5.20 | ||||
Green | Ryan Zedic | 625 | 2.15 | −0.51 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Larry R. Heather | 251 | 0.86 | |||||
National Advancement | Kulbir Singh Chawla | 81 | 0.28 | |||||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 29,096 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | - | |||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters | 89,436 | |||||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.08 |
Municipal[]
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Shane A. Keating | 11,942 | 71.5 |
Stephanie Kusie | 4,766 | 28.5 |
References[]
- ^ "Stephanie Kusie - Council candidate in Ward 12". Calgary Herald, October 2, 2013.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ a b "Conservative Kusie cruises to victory in Calgary-Midnapore, takes over for Kenney". 660 News, April 3, 2017.
- ^ a b "Stephanie Kusie biography". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ "Press Release: MP Stephanie Kusie appointed as Shadow Minister for Families, Children, and Social Development". stephaniekusiemp.ca.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- Living people
- Canadian women diplomats
- Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
- Rutgers University alumni
- University of Calgary alumni
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- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
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