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Kellie Leitch

The Honourable
Kellie Leitch
PC MP OOnt
KellieLeitch2014.jpg
Leitch in 2014
Minister of Labour
In office
July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Preceded by Lisa Raitt
Succeeded by MaryAnn Mihychuk
Minister responsible for Status of Women
In office
July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Preceded by Rona Ambrose
Succeeded by Patty Hajdu
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Simcoe—Grey
Assumed office
May 2, 2011
Preceded by Helena Guergis
Personal details
Born Khristinn Kellie Leitch
(1970-07-30) July 30, 1970 (age 46)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political party Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative (Ontario)
Residence Creemore, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater Queen's University
University of Toronto (M.D.)
Dalhousie University (M.B.A.)
Profession Orthopaedic paediatric surgeon; professor
Religion Roman Catholicism
Website kellieworks.ca

Khristinn Kellie Leitch, PC OOnt MP (born July 30, 1970), is a Conservative MP in the Canadian House of Commons and former surgeon. She was first elected in 2011, succeeding Member of Parliament Helena Guergis who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election, Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15, 2013, Prime Minister Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women. She served in Cabinet until the defeat of the Conservative government in the 2015 federal election. Leitch declared her candidacy for the leadership of the Conservative Party on April 6, 2016.

Leitch was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Eleanor Lynne (Conway) and Kelburne "Kit" McNabb Leitch, who owned and operated a construction company. She was raised a Catholic, and still practises the religion. She graduated from Queen's University in 1991 with an undergraduate degree. She earned her MD from the University of Toronto in 1994, MBA from Dalhousie University in 1998, and completed the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program in 2001 at the University of Toronto. She became a fellow of clinical paediatric orthopaedics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles/University of Southern California in 2002.


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