Marilyn Gladu

Marilyn Gladu MP
Gladu in 2018
Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Pat Davidson
Personal details
Born	Marilyn McInerney 1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)
Political party	Conservative
Residence(s)	Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
Profession	Engineer

Marilyn Gladu MP (née McInerney; 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 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.

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.

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. She was disqualified by the Conservative party on March 25, 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. At that time, Gladu referred to the treatment of “hydroxychloroquine, with azithromycin and zinc sulphate” as having a “nearly 100 per cent recovery rate”. 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.".

In June 2021, Gladu publicly opposed and voted against Bill C-6, an act that would end the practice of conversion therapy in Canada. 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.

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."

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Sarnia—Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	26,292	46.2	-3.2	$46,658.07
	New Democratic	Adam Kilner	11,990	21.1	-0.7	$18,039.06
	Liberal	Lois Nantais	10,975	19.3	-1.5	$39,740.29
	People's	Brian Everaert	6,359	11.2	+8.5	$10,571.91
	Green	Stephanie Bunko	848	1.5	-2.8	$917.68
	Christian Heritage	Tom Laird	435	0.8	-0.1	$7,698.96
Total valid votes/expense limit			56,899	99.4	–	$114,580.42
Total rejected ballots			346	0.6
Turnout			57,245	67.2
Eligible voters			85,155
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.3
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election: Sarnia—Lambton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	28,623	49.42	+10.60	$72,937.71
	New Democratic	Adam Kilner	12,644	21.83	-9.31	$14,696.37
	Liberal	Carmen Lemieux	12,041	20.79	-6.48	none listed
	Green	Peter Robert Smith	2,490	4.30	+1.53	$4,385.10
	People's	Brian Everaert	1,587	2.74		$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Thomas Laird	531	0.92		$13,871.28
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,916	99.31
Total rejected ballots			400	0.69	+0.23
Turnout			58,316	68.39	-3.38
Eligible voters			85,266
	Conservative hold		Swing		+9.96
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Marilyn Gladu	22,565	38.8	-14.2	–
	New Democratic	Jason Wayne McMichael	18,102	31.1	+1.19	–
	Liberal	Dave McPhail	15,853	27.3	+13.34	–
	Green	Peter Smith	1,605	2.8	+0.28	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,125	100.0		$215,511.48
Total rejected ballots			267	–	–
Turnout			58,392	72.47	+9.22
Eligible voters			80,565
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.70
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Marilyn Gladu – Parliament of Canada biography