Karina Gould
| Karina Gould MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Burlington |
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| Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Wallace |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28, 1987 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Alberto Gerones |
| Residence | Burlington, Ontario |
| Alma mater | McGill University Oxford University |
Karina Gould (born June 28, 1987) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral ward Burlington during the 2015 federal election.[1]
Gould graduated from high school in 2005, and spent the following year volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico, where she met her husband, Alberto Gerones. After returning to Canada she attended McGill University, earning a degree in political science and Latin America studies. While there, she helped organize fundraising for humanitarian aid for Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. In 2010, she took a job with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. as a consultant on migration. She subsequently completed a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University. Upon moving to Burlington, she worked as a trade and investment specialist prior to resigning to work full-time on her candidacy in the 2015 election.[2]
During the election campaign, she attracted minor attention for deleting a three-year-old tweet expressing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines and to the development of the Alberta tar sands in general.[3]
On December 2, Gould was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development within the Liberal government.[4]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Burlington | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Karina Gould | 32,229 | 45.98 | +22.74 | – | |||
| Conservative | Mike Wallace | 29,780 | 42.48 | -11.66 | – | |||
| New Democratic | David Laird | 6,381 | 9.10 | -9.75 | – | |||
| Green | Vince Fiorito | 1,710 | 2.44 | -1.10 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 70,100 | 100.00 | $238,946.70 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 263 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 70,363 | 73.58 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 95,624 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Meet Karina Gould, Liberal.ca.
- ↑ Joanna Smith, Liberal candidate Karina Gould deletes ‘tar sands’ tweet, The Toronto Star, August 11, 2015.
- ↑ http://pm.gc.ca/sites/pm/files/docs/parliamentary_secretaries_e.pdf, Privy Council of Canada. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Burlington, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
