Tracey Ramsey

{{Short description|Trade Union Organizer/Previous Member of Parliament}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Tracey Ramsey

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| riding = Essex

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 19, 2015

| term_end = October 21, 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|4|14}}

| birth_place = Kingsville, Ontario, Canada

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| occupation = Women's Director, Unifor the Union

| party = New Democratic Party

| residence = Belle River, Ontario, Canada

| spouse = Germaine

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Tracey Ramsey (born April 14, 1971) is a former Member of Parliament who represented the riding of Essex in the House of Commons of Canada for one term, from the 2015 Canadian federal election until 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/essex-elects-new-democrat-tracey-ramsey-1.3279169 |title=Essex elects New Democrat Tracey Ramsey |work=CBC News |date=October 19, 2015 |accessdate=July 29, 2018}} In the 42nd Canadian Parliament, Ramsey served as the International Trade Critic, Justice Critic and Deputy Labour Critic. As Vice Chairperson of the International Standing Committee on Trade she was involved heavily in the legislative process for CUSMA, CPTPP and CETA. Ramsey introduced private member bill C-439, titled National Freshwater Strategy Act, which sought to require the Minister of Environment to develop a national strategy for the conservation, protection, and use of freshwater.{{cite news |url=https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/ramsey-continues-push-for-national-freshwater-strategy |title=Ramsey continues push for national freshwater strategy |newspaper= Windsor Star |date = April 17, 2019 |accessdate=June 6, 2019 |first=Taylor |last=Campbell}}

Prior to her election, she worked for Ford Motor Company for 19 years. She is a graduate of practical nursing from St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology.{{cite web |url=http://traceyramsey.ndp.ca/about |title=About Tracey |url-status=dead |website=ndp.ca |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427082131/http://traceyramsey.ndp.ca:80/about |archivedate=April 27, 2017 |accessdate=July 29, 2018}} Tracey is currently the National Women's Director, following two years as union organizer with Unifor the Union, Canada's largest private sector union.

Election results

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