Marilyn Gladu | |
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 Gladu in 2018 | |
| Member of Parliament forSarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong Sarnia—Lambton (2015–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Pat Davidson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marilyn McInerney 1961 or 1962 (age 63–64)[1] |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Petrolia, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Engineer |
Marilyn GladuMP (néeMcInerney;[citation needed] born 1962) is aCanadian politician who has been theConservativeMember of Parliament forSarnia—Lambton since 2015. She was elected to theHouse of Commons in the2015 Canadian federal election[2] and served inAndrew Scheer's Official Opposition in the42nd Parliament of Canada.
Gladu was a professionalengineer who worked forDow Chemical for 21 years, in a variety of roles locally and globally. She then became engineering manager and subsequently the director of engineering atSuncor before taking a consultant role atWorleyParsons. During her career, Gladu was the chair for the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers locally, and the national director of science and industrial policy for the same organization. She has been on the dean's advisory council for the Faculty of Engineering atQueen's University.
In 2016, she sponsored aprivate member's bill (C-277), "An Act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada" which became law in December 2017.[3]
Gladu was named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers and a Fellow of Engineers Canada in 2017.
She currently serves as the Official Opposition's critic for civil liberties. She previously served as critic for health and as chair of theStanding Committee on the Status of Women. Under the previous leadership ofRona Ambrose, Gladu was the Official Opposition critic for science.
She was a "vocal adversary" of the Liberal government'splan to legalize cannabis, and read a poem to that effect, urging MPs to "keep our great country safe from all the weed."[4]
In the October 2019 election, she was elected for a second term for theSarnia—Lambton riding. In January 2020, she declared her intention to run in the2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.[5] She was disqualified by the Conservative party on March 25, 2020.[6]
In February 2020, she suggested that the Canadian government should send in the military to end thepipeline protests along railways.[7]
In April 2020, Gladu sparked controversy in an interview with Melanie Irwin ofBlackburn Radio by promoting a controversial and unproven treatment for COVID-19.[8] At that time, Gladu referred to the treatment of “hydroxychloroquine, withazithromycin andzinc sulphate” as having a “nearly 100 per cent recovery rate”.[9][10] Gladu responded to the reports claiming that her "comments were taken out of context and do not accurately represent the full plan needed." Sarnia MayorMike Bradley called Gladu's comments "surprising, disappointing and not reflective of what medical experts in Canada and the United States have been saying.".[11]
In June 2021, Gladu publicly opposed and voted againstBill C-6, an act that would end the practice ofconversion therapy in Canada.[12] The Bill passed in the House of Commons but did not pass through the Senate. Conservatives subsequently brought a unanimous consent motion to pass the amended conversion therapy bill at all stages in 2021.
In 2022, Gladu introduced Bill C-228, the Pension Protection Act to protect pensioners in cases of company bankruptcy. The bill passed unanimously in the House of Commons and is currently before the Senate.
In addition to English, Gladu speaks French.
In December 2023, Gladu introduced a bill that would declare December to be Christian Heritage Month.[13]
In 2016, Gladu was honored byMaclean's as the most collegial MP of 2016, "Increasingly known for her pragmatic approach, the rookie MP forSarnia–Lambton is a loyal Conservative who consistently works across party lines."[14]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Gladu | 40,605 | 53.20 | +6.70 | ||||
| Liberal | George Vandenberg | 28,880 | 37.84 | +18.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lo-Anne Chan | 4,079 | 5.34 | −15.65 | ||||
| People's | Brian Everaert | 1,136 | 1.49 | −9.51 | ||||
| Libertarian | Jacques Y Boudreau | 990 | 1.30 | N/A | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Mark Lamore | 437 | 0.57 | −0.06 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Tony Mitchell | 201 | 0.26 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 76,328 | 71.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 106,509 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | −5.88 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Sarnia—Lambton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Gladu | 26,292 | 46.2 | −3.2 | $46,658.07 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam Kilner | 11,990 | 21.1 | −0.7 | $18,039.06 | |||
| Liberal | Lois Nantais | 10,975 | 19.3 | −1.5 | $39,740.29 | |||
| People's | Brian Everaert | 6,359 | 11.2 | +8.5 | $10,571.91 | |||
| Green | Stephanie Bunko | 848 | 1.5 | −2.8 | $917.68 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Tom Laird | 435 | 0.8 | −0.1 | $7,698.96 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,899 | 99.4 | – | $114,580.42 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 346 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,245 | 67.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,155 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −1.3 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[17] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Sarnia—Lambton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Gladu | 28,623 | 49.42 | +10.60 | $72,937.71 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam Kilner | 12,644 | 21.83 | −9.31 | $14,696.37 | |||
| Liberal | Carmen Lemieux | 12,041 | 20.79 | −6.48 | none listed | |||
| Green | Peter Robert Smith | 2,490 | 4.30 | +1.53 | $4,385.10 | |||
| People's | Brian Everaert | 1,587 | 2.74 | $0.00 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Thomas Laird | 531 | 0.92 | $13,871.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 57,916 | 99.31 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.69 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 58,316 | 68.39 | −3.38 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,266 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +9.96 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[18][19] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marilyn Gladu | 22,565 | 38.8 | −14.2 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Jason Wayne McMichael | 18,102 | 31.1 | +1.19 | – | |||
| Liberal | Dave McPhail | 15,853 | 27.3 | +13.34 | – | |||
| Green | Peter Smith | 1,605 | 2.8 | +0.28 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,125 | 100.0 | $215,511.48 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 267 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 58,392 | 72.47 | +9.22 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,565 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −7.70 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[20][21] | ||||||||
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