Shannon Stubbs MP
Member of Parliament forLakeland
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Re-established
Personal details
Born	(1979-12-08)December 8, 1979 (age 45) nearChipman, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Conservative (Federal) United Conservative Party (Provincial)
Spouse	Shayne Saskiw
Residence	Two Hills, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Alberta (BA)

Shannon StubbsMP (born December 8, 1979) is aCanadian politician who was elected to represent theriding ofLakeland in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2015 federal election. She was re-elected to represent the sameriding in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Stubbs was born nearChipman,Alberta in 1979.^[1] She was bornpremature, with her heart, lungs, and jaw issues.^[2] She claims partialOjibwa ancestry^[3] and is the daughter of Bruce Stubbs.^{[citation needed]} She is the granddaughter of Eileen Stubbs, aformer mayor ofDartmouth. Her mother died when she was 14. Of her grandmother, Stubbs has stated that “...She wasn’t partisan; she was all over the political map, but right and wrong mattered to her. I try to remember that and hope it will guide me in politics.”^[4]

Stubbs went to Lamont High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Joint Honours) in English and Political Science from theUniversity of Alberta.^[5] During her university years, she served as an intern in Leader of the OppositionPreston Manning's office, and as an assistant to MPDeborah Grey.^[6] Stubbs is married to formerLac La Biche-St. Paul-Two Hills MLAShayne Saskiw.^[7]

While working as a bureaucrat for the provincial government, Stubbs ran in the2004 Alberta election for the governingProgressive Conservatives againstRaj Pannu inEdmonton-Strathcona, placing a distant second. She later left the party and became involved with theWildrose Party, serving asDanielle Smith's chief of staff from 2010 to 2012 and the party's Director of Legislative Affairs from 2012 to 2014.^[8]

In 2011, Stubbs won the Wildrose nomination in the riding ofFort Saskatchewan-Vegreville, held by premierEd Stelmach, with hopes of overturning him in the2012 Alberta election.^[9] He subsequently resigned and retired from politics, but Stubbs was defeated by PC candidate and formerStrathcona County councillorJacquie Fenske.

Stubbs was elected in the2015 federal election to represent theConservative Party in the newly recreated riding ofLakeland with a 74% popular vote.^[10] She was appointed to the position of deputy critic for natural resources by Conservative interim leaderRona Ambrose.^[11] Here, she serves on the House's Standing Committee on Natural Resources.^[12] She also serves as vice-chair for the Special Committee on Pay Equity.^[13]

Shortly after Stubbs was elected in 2015, the federal government announced the relocation of anImmigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada case-processing centre inVegreville, Alberta to be moved toEdmonton for better access. Being a subject of controversy, the centre officially closed in September 2018.^[14] Stubbs, however, won a 2017 Maclean's Parliamentarian of the Year award for MP that best represents constituents for her efforts to keep this centre open.^[15]

During her first term, Stubbs participated in 497 Chamber Interventions, 338 Committee Interventions, and 892 Chamber Votes.^[16] She seconded Bill C-406 which was an Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (foreign contributions).^[16] This Bill, however, did not become a law.^[17] In September, 2016, Stubbs presented petition e-216 to the House of Commons.^[18]

In May 2018, Stubbs sponsored motion M-167, the instruction to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security to undergo a study on rural crime in Canada. This motion was jointly seconded by 17 members and was agreed to on May 20, 2018.^[19]

Stubbs was in full support when Conservative leaderAndrew Scheer ran for leadership in the2017 Conservative Party leadership election.^[20]

Stubbs was re-elected with 83.9% of the votes for her riding during the2019 federal election, making Canadian history for receiving the highest percentage for a female candidate.^[21][22] During the ensuing43rd Canadian Parliament, she introduced one private member bill, Bill C-221,An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (oil and gas wells) which sought to create a tax credit for corporate expenses incurred during the decommissioning of old and inactive oil and gas wells.^[23] It was brought to a vote on March 10, 2021, but defeated with only the Conservatives and Green Party members voting in favour.

AfterErin O'Toole became the Conservative Party leader, he reassigned Stubbs, effective September 8, 2020, to be the Official Opposition Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.^[24]

In 2021 Stubbs again received a Maclean's Parliamentarian of the Year award for Member of Parliament that "Best Represents Constituents."^[25]

Following theCanadian federal election in September 2021, where the Conservative Party gained no seats and remained in opposition, Stubbs criticized O'Toole for his campaign leadership, and as of December 6, 2021^[update], was the only MP calling for an early leadership review within 6 months.^[26] In early December 2021, O'Toole referred Stubbs for investigation by the House of Commons for allegedly creating atoxic workplace environment in her office.The Globe and Mail andThe Canadian Press independently confirmed an incident in where some of Stubbs's employees felt pressured into painting a room in her house. Stubbs toldThe Globe that the housepainting was a gift and that the referral was reprisal by O'Toole over her criticism of her leadership.^[26]

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