Paul Harold Macklin, PC, MP (born May 22, 1944 in Northumberland County, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Northumberland—Quinte West of the Liberal Party caucus from 2000 to 2006.[1]

Macklin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, and a law degree from the University of Windsor. After being called to the bar, Macklin worked for the Toronto firm of Davies, Ward & Beck.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament in the federal election of 2000, winning a fairly easily victory over his Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative opponents in the riding of Northumberland. The CA and PC parties merged in late 2003, and Macklin faced a much more difficult challenge in that year's federal election, defeating Conservative Doug Galt by only 313 votes.[2]

Macklin served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from February 2002 to December 2003, and was re-appointed to the position on July 20, 2004.[3]

He was defeated by Conservative Rick Norlock in the 2006 election. Macklin was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Northumberland-Quinte West for the 2008 election, and was again defeated by Norlock.[1]

In July 2009, Paul Macklin announced he would not seek the Liberal nomination in Northumberland-Quinte West for the next election. The following September his successor was determined by a Liberal nomination race and Cobourg business woman Kim Rudd was chosen to succeed Macklin.[4]

Paul Macklin currently sits on the Northumberland-Quinte West Federal Liberal Association as the Policy Director, still active in politics and a key advisor to Rudd and her campaign.[5]

Electoral record

2000 Canadian federal election: Northumberland
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPaul Macklin20,109
AllianceRick Norlock11,410
Progressive ConservativeRalph James Zarboni8,768
New DemocraticBen Burd2,141
GreenTom Lawson1,102
Canadian ActionGail Thompson276
2004 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalPaul Macklin22,98939.85
ConservativeDoug Galt22,67639.31
New DemocraticRuss Christianson9,00715.61
GreenSteven Haylestrom3,0165.23
Total valid votes 57,688100.00
2006 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeRick Norlock25,83341.21+1.91
LiberalPaul Macklin22,56636.00-3.85
New DemocraticRuss Christianson11,33418.08+2.47
GreenPat Lawson2,9464.70-0.53
Total valid votes 62,679100.00
2008 Canadian federal election: Northumberland—Quinte West
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeRick Norlock27,61548.71+7.50$84,880
LiberalPaul Macklin16,20928.59-7.41$83,766
New DemocraticRuss Christianson8,23014.52-3.56$20,947
GreenRalph Torrie4,6338.17+3.47$34,300
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,687100.00$93,766
Total rejected ballots 1860.33
Turnout 56,873

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canada Votes 2008: Northumberland - Quinte West". CBC News. 7 November 2008. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Canada Votes 2006: Northumberland - Analysis & Commentary". CBC News. 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Paul Macklin – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. ↑ "Northumberland County Breaking News - Northumberland County's Online Newspaper". 7 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Executive |". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
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