Paul Macklin

Paul Harold Macklin, PC, MP (born May 22, 1944 in Northumberland County, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Northumberland—Quinte West of the Liberal Party caucus from 2000 to 2006.[1]

Macklin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, and a law degree from the University of Windsor. After being called to the bar, Macklin worked for the Toronto firm of Davies, Ward & Beck.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament in the federal election of 2000, winning a fairly easily victory over his Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative opponents in the riding of Northumberland. The CA and PC parties merged in late 2003, and Macklin faced a much more difficult challenge in that year's federal election, defeating Conservative Doug Galt by only 313 votes.[2]

Macklin served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from February 2002 to December 2003, and was re-appointed to the position on July 20, 2004.[3]

He was defeated by Conservative Rick Norlock in the 2006 election. Macklin was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Northumberland-Quinte West for the 2008 election, and was again defeated by Norlock.[1]

In July 2009, Paul Macklin announced he would not seek the Liberal nomination in Northumberland-Quinte West for the next election. The following September his successor was determined by a Liberal nomination race and Cobourg business woman Kim Rudd was chosen to succeed Macklin.[4]

Paul Macklin currently sits on the Northumberland-Quinte West Federal Liberal Association as the Policy Director, still active in politics and a key advisor to Rudd and her campaign.[5]

Electoral record

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2000 Canadian federal election: Northumberland
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Paul Macklin 20,109
Alliance Rick Norlock 11,410
Progressive Conservative Ralph James Zarboni 8,768
New Democratic Ben Burd 2,141
Green Tom Lawson 1,102
Canadian Action Gail Thompson 276
2004 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Paul Macklin 22,989 39.85
Conservative Doug Galt 22,676 39.31
New Democratic Russ Christianson 9,007 15.61
Green Steven Haylestrom 3,016 5.23
Total valid votes 57,688 100.00
2006 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rick Norlock 25,833 41.21 +1.91
Liberal Paul Macklin 22,566 36.00 -3.85
New Democratic Russ Christianson 11,334 18.08 +2.47
Green Pat Lawson 2,946 4.70 -0.53
Total valid votes 62,679 100.00
2008 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rick Norlock 27,615 48.71 +7.50 $84,880
Liberal Paul Macklin 16,209 28.59 -7.41 $83,766
New Democratic Russ Christianson 8,230 14.52 -3.56 $20,947
Green Ralph Torrie 4,633 8.17 +3.47 $34,300
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,687 100.00 $93,766
Total rejected ballots 186 0.33
Turnout 56,873

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Canada Votes 2008: Northumberland - Quinte West". CBC News. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Canada Votes 2006: Northumberland - Analysis & Commentary". CBC News. 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ^ Paul Macklin – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. ^ "Northumberland County Breaking News - Northumberland County's Online Newspaper". 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Executive |". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
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