Shelly Glover | |
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| Member of Parliament forSaint Boniface | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Simard |
| Succeeded by | Dan Vandal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1967-01-02)January 2, 1967 (age 58) Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative (federal) Progressive Conservative (provincial) |
| Children | 5 |
| Profession | Formerpolice officer |
| Portfolio | Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages |
Shelly A. GloverPC (born January 2, 1967) is a former member of theWinnipeg Police Service[1] and former politician. Following the2008 federal election, she became the first policewoman to become aMember of Parliament in Canadian history, representing theriding ofSaint Boniface,Manitoba, which she represented until 2015.
A member of theConservative Party, she served in thecabinet of formerPrime MinisterStephen Harper, appointed asParliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Finance in January 2011, then as theMinister of Canadian Heritage andOfficial Languages in 2013.[2] Glover served as a member of theWinnipeg Police Service for almost 19 years prior to her election, rising to the rank of sergeant. She was onleave of absence from the police force while serving in Ottawa.
Glover is fluent in both English and French, and self-identifies as a ManitobaMétis. She is married to Bruce, a retired police officer and small business owner; they have five children.
Running under theConservative Party, Glover ran for and won theelectoral district ofSaint Boniface,Manitoba, in the2008 federal election from incumbentLiberalRaymond Simard by over 4,500 votes. She thereby became the first policewoman to become aMember of Parliament in Canadian history.
On November 7, 2008, Glover was namedParliamentary Secretary forOfficial Languages by Prime MinisterStephen Harper.[3] She was re-elected in a rematch with Simard in the2011 election, the first time in the riding's history that acentre-right MP had been reelected. Glover did not stand for re-election in 2015.
TheSpeaker of the House of Commons received a request fromElections Canada to suspend Glover as an MP in June 2013. Glover failed to file documents related to the 2011 election campaign.[4] Elections Canada spokesman John Enright said, "Those letters advised the speaker that an elected candidate shall not continue to sit or vote as members of the House of Commons pending the filing of complete and accurate returns." Glover filed a legal challenge in the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench.[5] Liberal MPScott Andrews indicated the suspension of Glover from Parliament should be immediate according to previous legal precedent.[6] On July 22, 2014, it was reported in the media that Glover's staffers had attempted to remove the controversial election spending information from her Wikipedia page.[7]
In July 2013, it was reported that Glover had filed a revised return, which Elections Canada accepted.[8] Her campaign acknowledged that, as a result of "inadvertence and an honest misunderstanding of what constitutes an election expense," it exceeded the legal limit by $2,267. Glover promised to make up for the overspend by a corresponding underspend in the next election, and was not penalised.[9]
Shelly Glover was appointedMinister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages on July 15, 2013.[2]
On October 8, 2013, on behalf of Glover,Daryl Kramp, Member of Parliament (Prince Edward-Hastings), announced support for the Tsi Kionhnheht Ne Onkwawenna Language Circle (TKNOLC) to developMohawk language-learning tools.[citation needed]
Glover resigned from the Winnipeg Police Service in April 2018, writing in her letter that the service became a "toxic workplace" for her and that "the WPS is no longer a healthy environment."[10]
On August 25, 2021, Glover announced her candidacy in the2021 Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba leadership election.[11] On September 16, she was confirmed as one of two candidates appearing on the ballot, alongsideHeather Stefanson.[12] She lost the party leadership election by 363 votes.[13]
On March 12, 2025, Glover announced that she would be planning to create her own new center-right party to rival the PC's and take a more moderate stance. Despite that also being the mission statement of theKeystone Party of Manitoba their leader Kevin Friesen stated Glover was not in contact with them.[14]
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Shelly Glover | 21,737 | 50.3 | +4.0 | $84,354.60 | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Simard | 13,314 | 30.8 | -4.3 | $82,059.23 | |||
| New Democratic | Patrice Miniely | 6,935 | 16.0 | +2.9 | $1,082.97 | |||
| Green | Marc Payette | 1,245 | 2.9 | -2.1 | $950.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,231 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 181 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,412 | 67.18 | +2.86 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,620 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election:Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Shelly Glover | 19,440 | 46.3 | +11.3 | $71,480 | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Simard | 14,728 | 35.1 | -3.5 | $78,353 | |||
| New Democratic | Matt Schaubroeck | 5,502 | 13.1 | -8.8 | $12,641 | |||
| Green | Marc Payette | 2,104 | 5.0 | +1.2 | $8,506 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Justin Gregoire | 195 | 0.5 | -0.2 | $12 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,969 | 100.0 | $79,503 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 133 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,102 | 64.32 | -1.6 | |||||
| Ribbon | Description | Notes |
 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
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 | Police Exemplary Service Medal |
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