Michael Barrett
Conservative · Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes, ON
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Biography
Michael Barrett is a Canadian politician, who was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on December 3, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He won the riding again in the October 2019 federal election, was re-elected in the September 2021 federal election, and again in the April 28, 2025 federal election. encyclopedia
- Born
- 1984, Arnpriorencyclopedia
- Languages
- Englishofficial
- Occupation before politics
- human resource manager, politicianencyclopedia
Electoral history
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes
Conservative · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28officialMichael Barrett33,437Lorna Jean EdmondsRunner-up · Liberal29,656Difference 3,781 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Leeds--Grenville--Thousand Islands--Rideau Lakes.
Elections Canada, 45th general election.
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Conservative · 44th Parliament2021-09-20 to 2025-04-27encyclopediaMichael Barrett29,950Roberta L AbbottRunner-up · Liberal14,935Difference 15,015 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
Elections Canada, 44th general election.
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Conservative · 43rd Parliament2019-10-21 to 2021-09-19encyclopediaMichael Barrett28,630Josh BennettRunner-up · Liberal15,482Difference 13,148 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Leeds--Grenville--Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
Elections Canada, 43rd general election.
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
Conservative · 42nd Parliament2018-12-03 to 2019-10-19Votes were not matched on the official file we have.
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Education
Our sources do not list any education for this member.
Experience
Our sources do not list any previous employment for this member.
In their own words
5,812 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.
Mr. Speaker, Brockville, Ontario, is home to outstanding businesses, organizations and community leaders. I want to congratulate the winners and recipients of the 67th Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce Awards of Excellence. I congratulate Wajahat Khaleeque, the business…Statements by Members — Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce Awards · 2026-09-25
Where they stand
Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.
A stored score on 9 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.
Agriculture
Defend supply management
The other end of this axis: Liberalize supply management
Criticizes sacrifice of dairy and supply-managed sector in trade deal without compensation or consultation, repeated in multiple excerpts.
When it comes to farmers, we know that the dairy and supply-managed sector was sacrificed in a mishandled NAFTA or USMCA or NAFTA 2.0 trade deal.Source of that line
Climate
Slower phase-down, production first
The other end of this axis: Faster fossil phase-down
Calls carbon tax a tax plan not environmental plan, hurts farmers and rural Canadians, repeated across excerpts.
The Prime Minister's carbon tax is not an environmental plan; it is a tax plan.Source of that line
Energy
Expand production and export
The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas
Criticizes failure to build Trans Mountain and resulting energy layoffs, repeated.
Energy sector layoffs are being announced because the Prime Minister cannot get Trans Mountain pipeline started, let alone built. Experts are warning of a recession, as the Prime Minister readies a fourth straight deficit budget.Source of that line
Federalism
Provinces lead
The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads
Criticizes lack of consultation with provinces and slow federal action on bilateral projects.
Speaker, it is troubling that we have this Speech from the Throne, where time and again it is clear that there has not been adequate consultation, or at least the government did not listen to its own consultations with the provinces. I know here in Ontario, much like in Quebec, the lower tiers, the municipalities and the province, are calling for certain infrastructure projects to be completed, but the government is missing in action.Source of that line
Fiscal policy
Lower taxes and tighter spending
The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending
Criticizes reckless spending, deficits and carbon tax as burden on future generations, repeated.
The deficits caused by the Prime Minister's reckless spending are condemning future generations of Canadians to higher taxes to pay for his broken promises. The Prime Minister's promises of sunny ways are long gone.Source of that line
Foreign affairs
Assertive alliances and sanctions
The other end of this axis: Alliance restraint
Calls for tougher stance on China and Magnitsky sanctions for Uighur genocide.
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today on behalf of petitioners who are calling on the Government of Canada to formally recognize that Uighurs in China have been and are being subjected to an ongoing genocide, and that the government use the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act or Magnitsky sanctions to address this. With up to three million Uighurs and other Muslim minorities detained and subjected to practices such as forced abortions, forced sterilizations, and arbitrary detention and separation from their families, and the list goes on, the petitioners call on the Government of Canada to adopt the petitioners' ask with haste.Source of that line
Immigration
Lower intake
The other end of this axis: Higher permanent intake
Excerpts criticize broken system bringing people under false pretenses about homes and jobs.
Nine years of the NDP-Liberal government has broken the immigration system. The government is bringing people here under false pretenses, telling them there is going to be a home and a doctor for them.Source of that line
Labour
Stronger unions and standards
The other end of this axis: More flexibility for employers
Criticizes USMCA for allowing undercutting by countries without strong labour protections.
When the requirement is only for 40% to 45% of auto content made by workers earning $16 an hour, this gives opportunity to countries with labour provisions that do not protect their workers. That is going to undercut our auto sector here in Canada. The sunset clause in this deal requires a formal review of the Canada-U.Source of that line
Trade
Deeper continental integration
The other end of this axis: Diversify away from one partner
Excerpts state support for free trade agreements while seeking better terms with USMCA partners.
Ultimately the Conservatives, as the party of free trade, will support important free trade agreements like the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement.Source of that line
5 topics with no stored score
- DefenceNo position has been scored.
- Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
- HealthNo position has been scored.
- HousingNo position has been scored.
- Public safetyNo position has been scored.
Who lines up
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