Marilyn Gladu

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| name = Marilyn Gladu

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| image = Marilyn Gladu.png

| alt = Marilyn Gladu in 2018

| caption = Gladu in 2018

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| riding3 = Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong
{{small|Sarnia—Lambton (2015–2025)}}

| parliament3 = Canadian

| term_start3 = October 19, 2015

| predecessor3 = Pat Davidson

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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|52|2014|11|20}}{{cite web |url=http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2014/11/20/marilyn-gladu-seeking-conservative-nomination/ |title=Marilyn Gladu Seeking Conservative Nomination |last=Jeffrey |first=Jake |website=blackburnnews.com |date=November 20, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2016}}

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| profession = Engineer

| party = Conservative

| residence = Petrolia, Ontario, Canada

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| birth_name = Marilyn McInerney

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Marilyn Gladu {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (née McInerney;{{citation needed|reason=|date=August 2016}} born 1962) is a Canadian politician who has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton since 2015. She was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 Canadian federal election{{cite web | url=http://thesarniajournal.ca/gladu-victory-keeps-sarnia-lambton-tory-blue/ | title=Gladu win keeps Sarnia-Lambton Tory blue| website=thesarniajournal.ca| date=October 20, 2015 | access-date=October 20, 2015}} and served in Andrew Scheer's Official Opposition in the 42nd Parliament of Canada.

Career

Gladu was a professional engineer who worked for Dow Chemical for 21 years, in a variety of roles locally and globally. She then became engineering manager and subsequently the director of engineering at Suncor before taking a consultant role at WorleyParsons. 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 at Queen's University.

In 2016, she sponsored a private 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.[https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=en&Mode=1&billId=8286156 C-277 An Act providing for the development of a framework on palliative care in Canada], LegisInfo, Parliament of Canada

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 the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Under the previous leadership of Rona Ambrose, Gladu was the Official Opposition critic for science.

She was a "vocal adversary" of the Liberal government's plan to legalize cannabis, and read a poem to that effect, urging MPs to "keep our great country safe from all the weed."[https://globalnews.ca/news/3893335/conservative-marilyn-gladu-anti-pot-poem/ Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu recites anti-cannabis poem in House of Commons], Global News December 2, 2017

In the October 2019 election, she was elected for a second term for the Sarnia—Lambton riding. In January 2020, she declared her intention to run in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/marilyn-gladu-conservative-leadership-1.5420743|title=MP Marilyn Gladu is running for the Conservative leadership|last=Thibedeau|first=Hannah|date=9 January 2020|work=CBC News|access-date=10 January 2020}} She was disqualified by the Conservative party on March 25, 2020.{{Cite web|first=Terry|last=Bridge|date=2020-03-26|title=Tories' search for new leader amid COVID-19 'insensitive,' Sarnia-Lambton MP says after losing bid|url=https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/tories-search-for-new-leader-amid-covid-19-insensitive-sarnia-lambton-mp-says-after-losing-bid|access-date=2020-08-07|website=Sarnia Observer|language=en-US}}

In February 2020, she suggested that the Canadian government should send in the military to end the pipeline protests along railways.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/indigenous-aboriginal-rail-blockade-douglas-bland-1.5469252 Send in the army? Why one expert says that would be a 'ludicrous' response to rail blockades], CBC News, Feb 20, 2020

In April 2020, Gladu sparked controversy in an interview with Melanie Irwin of Blackburn Radio by promoting a controversial and unproven treatment for COVID-19.{{cite web |last1=Lebel |first1=Jacquelyn |title=MP Marilyn Gladu refutes controversial comments on unproven COVID-19 treatments |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6827691/sarnia-lambton-marilyn-gladu-controversial-coronavirus-comments/ |website=Global News |access-date=30 April 2020}} At that time, Gladu referred to the treatment of “hydroxychloroquine, with azithromycin and zinc sulphate” as having a “nearly 100 per cent recovery rate”.{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Melanie |title=Sarnia-Lambton MP says 'we need to get back to work' (AUDIO) |url=https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2020/04/15/sarnia-lambton-mp-says-need-get-back-work/ |website=Blackburnnews.com |date=April 15, 2020 |access-date=30 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=In pandemic-hammered Sarnia, MP Marilyn Gladu backs off back-to-work, cure comments |url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/in-pandemic-hammered-sarnia-mp-marilyn-gladu-backs-off-back-to-work-cure-comments/ |website=lfpress.com |access-date=30 April 2020}} Gladu responded to the reports claiming that her "comments were taken out of context and do not accurately represent the full plan needed." Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley called Gladu's comments "surprising, disappointing and not reflective of what medical experts in Canada and the United States have been saying.".{{cite web |title=Sarnia Conservative MP backs off back-to-work comments |url=https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/sarnia-conservative-mp-backs-off-back-to-work-comments |website=theobserver.ca |access-date=30 April 2020}}

In June 2021, Gladu publicly opposed and voted against [https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c6b.html Bill C-6], an act that would end the practice of conversion therapy in Canada.{{Cite web|title=Vote Detail - 175 - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada|url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/43/2/175?view=province-territory|access-date=2021-08-31|website=www.ourcommons.ca}} 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.https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gladu-christian-heritage-month-1.7049746 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

Awards and recognition

In 2016, Gladu was honored by Maclean's as the most collegial MP of 2016, "Increasingly known for her pragmatic approach, the rookie MP for Sarnia–Lambton is a loyal Conservative who consistently works across party lines."{{Cite web|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/marilyn-gladu-the-pragmatic-rookie/|title=Marilyn Gladu, the pragmatic rookie - Macleans.ca|website=www.macleans.ca|access-date=2020-01-13}}

Electoral record

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|58,125|100.0 | |$215,511.48}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|267|–|–}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35091&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Sarnia—Lambton, 30 September 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045200/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=March 4, 2016 }}}}