| Cathy McLeod | |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Office: | Official Opposition Critic for Crown-Indigenous Relations |
| Term Start: | 20 November 2015 |
| Term End: | 15 August 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Niki Ashton |
| Riding1: | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo |
| Term Start1: | 14 October 2008 |
| Term End1: | 20 September 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Betty Hinton |
| Successor1: | Frank Caputo |
| Birth Date: | 1957 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession: | nurse, administrator |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Residence: | Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
Cathy McLeod (born 12 June 1957) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo from 2008 to 2021. She served as a member of the Conservative Party.[1]
McLeod was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[2]
In 1981, McLeod completed training from the University of Western Ontario as a registered nurse, practicing for some years thereafter.
McLeod was a municipal politician in Pemberton, British Columbia, serving as a town councillor from 1993 to 1996 and then as mayor from 1996 to 1999, before moving to Kamloops, where she worked as a nurse and a health care administrator.[3]
In the 2008 federal election, McLeod was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. She was re-elected in the 2011 federal election with 52% of the riding's vote.[4] On 30 January 2011, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. On 19 September 2013, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and for Western Economic Diversification.[5]
McLeod was re-elected in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections. On 4 February 2021, McLeod announced she would not seek re-election.[1] In the 2021 Canadian federal election, Frank Caputo held the riding for the Conservatives.[6]