Alex RuffMSC CD MP (born 1974) is aCanadian politician who was elected to represent theriding ofBruce—Grey—Owen Sound in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2019 federal election and re-elected in both the2021 Canadian federal election and2025 Canadian federal election. He is a retired Colonel in theCanadian Armed Forces (CAF).

Ruff grew up on a farm just outside of Tara, ON. He is the eldest of five boys. He attended Arran-Tara Elementary School and Chesley District High School. Ruff graduated from theRoyal Military College of Canada in 1997 with an honours degree in space science.

As an infantry officer withinThe Royal Canadian Regiment and throughout his 25-year career, Ruff was posted toGarrison Petawawa, Kingston,CFB Gagetown,Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and toCanadian Special Operations Forces Command headquarters andCanadian Joint Operations Command both of which are in Ottawa. He had six operational deployments:Operation Recuperation (ice storm in eastern Ontario/western Quebec, 1998), twice as part of theStabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Operation Palladium (Bosnia, 1998–99 and 2001), two tours in Afghanistan, first onOperation Athena (Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2007 and then on Operation Attention inKabul, Afghanistan in 2012) and most recently as part ofCombined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (Baghdad, Iraq in 2018–19). He retired from the CAF in early 2019.^[3][4][5]

In April 2019, Ruff won theConservative nomination for the riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for the2019 federal election following the retirement ofLarry Miller.^[6] He was elected as aMember of Parliament on October 21, 2019. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs from February to August 2020. On September 02, 2020, he was appointed to the Conservative Party House Leadership team byErin O’Toole as the Deputy Opposition Whip. He served in this role until November 2021.^[7] On September 20, 2021, he was re-elected as the MP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound. From December 9, 2021 until June 2022, he sat on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) and from December 13, 2021 until June 2022, he was a member on the Special Committee on Afghanistan (AFGH). Since June 2022, he has been a member of theNational Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. On April 28, 2025, he was re-elected again.

• Alex Ruff – Parliament of Canada biography

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