Kim Rudd
Kim Rudd | |
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources | |
In office December 2, 2015 – August 30, 2018 | |
Minister | Jim Carr |
Preceded by | Kelly Block |
Member of Parliament for Northumberland—Peterborough South | |
In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rick Norlock |
Succeeded by | Philip Lawrence |
Personal details | |
Born | November 18, 1957 |
Died | (aged 66) Cobourg, Ontario, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Tom Rudd |
Children | 2 |
Kim Elizabeth Rudd (November 18, 1957 – March 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician and businesswoman. She was elected a Member of Parliament for Northumberland – Peterborough South in 2015 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018.
Rudd was a past president and owner of Willis College in Cobourg, Ontario, a former owner of Cook's Day School, and a past president of the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce.
Career
Before becoming involved in politics as a career, Rudd was a long-time advocate of childcare and previously worked on the creation of daycares in Cobourg, Ontario.[1] She was a former owner of Cook's Day School, Willis College, and Archer CPR Training.[2][3]
In 2011, Rudd was among six award recipients of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award. Contributions to economies locally, nationally, and globally were among the criteria for winning the award.[4] Rudd was a consultant at the Canadian Nuclear Association.[2]
In 2020, Rudd joined the Advisory Board for Arnprior Aerospace Inc.[5] She served as the President of the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee of Northumberland, Vice-Chair of the Ontario Training Completion Assurance Fund Secretariat, Vice-President of the Association of Career Colleges and as the founding Executive Director of the Association of Private Colleges.[2]
Political career
After an unsuccessful bid to become a Member of Parliament in the 2011 Canadian federal election,[6] Rudd was elected in 2015 to the House of Commons of Canada to represent the riding of Northumberland – Peterborough South.[7] She also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018 when she announced she chose to step down to better represent her riding; while stepping down from Parliamentary Secretary, Rudd declared she would not be ruling out future opportunities for more responsibility in future government.[8][9] On October 1, 2018, Rudd was named the chair of the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus and served as a member of the standing committees on finance and natural resources.[2][10]
Rudd opposed eliminating a tax on heating fuel and supported tax credits such as the Canada Child Tax Credit. She said that eliminating a tax on heating fuel would have varying degrees of impact on people living in different parts of Canada and that the Canada Child Tax Credit would be more universal.[1]
Rudd said she supported improving the Canada Pension Plan and increasing benefits to widows.[1]
She ran for reelection and was defeated in the 2019 Canadian federal election by more than 2,500 votes.[11]
Personal life and death
Kim Elizabeth Rudd was born on November 18, 1957.[2] When she was growing up, her alcoholic father had to quit work after an accident, so her mother started working at a more demanding job, which led to Rudd having significant household responsibilities as a child. She had Métis ancestry via her maternal grandfather.[1]
Rudd and her husband Tom Rudd had two daughters, Alison and Stefanie. They adopted Alison.[1][4]
Kim Rudd died of ovarian cancer at a hospice in Cobourg, Ontario, on March 12, 2024, at the age of 66.[12][13]
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Philip Lawrence | 27,385 | 39.7 | +0.14 | $68,864.16 | |||
Liberal | Kim Rudd | 24,977 | 36.2 | -6.31 | $83,715.67 | |||
New Democratic | Mallory MacDonald | 9,615 | 13.9 | -0.9 | $8,871.55 | |||
Green | Jeff Wheeldon | 5,524 | 8.0 | +4.87 | none listed | |||
People's | Frank Vaughan | 1,460 | 2.1 | – | $1,643.34 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,961 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 484 | |||||||
Turnout | 69,445 | 71.7 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 96,841 | |||||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.23 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[14][15] |
2015 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Peterborough South | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Kim Rudd | 27,043 | 42.51 | +21.42 | $114,323.76 | |||
Conservative | Adam Moulton | 25,165 | 39.56 | -13.80 | $135,349.14 | |||
New Democratic | Russ Christianson | 9,411 | 14.80 | -5.79 | $41,225.56 | |||
Green | Patricia Sinnott | 1,990 | 3.13 | -1.55 | $1,350.03 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 63,609 | 100.00 | $229,426.74 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 267 | 0.42 | – | |||||
Turnout | 63,876 | 71.67 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 89,128 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.61 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[16][17][18] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Rick Norlock | 32,853 | 53.83 | +5.11 | ||||
Liberal | Kim Rudd | 12,822 | 21.01 | -7.59 | ||||
New Democratic | Russ Christianson | 12,626 | 20.69 | +6.17 | ||||
Green | Ralph Torrie | 2,733 | 4.48 | -3.70 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,034 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 184 | 0.30 | -0.03 | |||||
Turnout | 61,218 | 64.64 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 96,154 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kim Rudd: Candidate for the Liberal Party | Trent Hills Now". Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Kim Elizabeth Rudd: November 18, 1957 – March 12, 2024 Archived March 16, 2024, at the Wayback Machine, maccoubrey.com. Accessed March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Kim Rudd, Northumberland-Peterborough South Liberal candidate ready to reinvigorate Canada". northumberlandnews.com. September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on October 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "Cobourg entrepreneur among best in Canada". NorthumberlandNews.com. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Kim Rudd" (PDF). p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "FORTY-FIRST GENERAL ELECTION 2011 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Liberal Kim Rudd wins in Northumberland Peterborough-South: 2015 federal election results". NorthumberlandNews.com. October 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "Rudd Steps Down from Parliamentary Secretary Position". Cobourg Now – News Magazine. August 31, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2019. [dead link]
- ^ Kovach, Joelle (August 30, 2018). "Rudd stepping down as parliamentary secretary". The Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "MP Kim Rudd tackling new responsibilities". NorthumberlandNews.com. October 2, 2018. Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Heeger, Sean (October 22, 2019). "UPDATE: Northumberland-Peterborough South Liberal candidate Kim Rudd not defeated by election loss". NorthumberlandNews.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Northumberland is mourning a leader: Former MP Kim Rudd passes away after lengthy battle with cancer, gonorthumberland.ca. Accessed March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Kim Rudd, former MP for Northumberland-Peterborough South, dies at Cobourg hospice centre". Northumberland News. March 13, 2024. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Northumberland—Peterborough South, 30 September 2015". Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Results 2015-10-20". Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2015.