Preceded by Garry Breitkreuz Name Cathay Wagantall Children 3 | Political party Conservative Full Name Cathy Caswell Role Politician | |
Spouse(s) H. Martin Wagantall (1976-present) Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
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Cathay Wagantall (née Cathy Caswell; born July 3, 1956) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral riding of Yorkton—Melville during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
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Biography
Originally from Regina, Wagantall was raised in southern Saskatchewan until she moved with her parents and six siblings to Esterhazy in 1967.
On full scholarship, She completed 3 of 4 years of her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with top honours at the University of Saskatchewan. During her summers, she worked in hospitals and level 4 care homes.
After traveling the world for a couple of years, Wagantall and her husband entered into a partnership in a lumberyard and contracting business in Springside. They eventually bought out the other partners then lost their business during the recession.
Wagantall moved to Edmonton in 1985. She served as the Athletic Director for what was then North American Baptist College (later Taylor College and Seminary).
In 1991, their family moved to Lloydminster, Alberta where her husband was a pastor in NewLife Community Church for seven years. During that time Wagantall coached community, junior and senior high basketball and worked as a teacher’s assistant with special needs children in kindergarten and high school.
Upon returning to Edmonton in 1998, Wagantall worked for ten years at Taylor University College and Seminary in development, accounting and student loans, Also working as a Sunday School teacher.
In 2004 Wagantall served on the Conservative Party of Canada Board of Directors for Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont as the election readiness chair, president and financial agent. She door-knocked with then-candidate Tim Uppal against incumbent David Kilgour and went on to serve as campaign manager for Mike Lake in 2006 and 2008, she then served official agent for Tim Uppal in 2011, She afterwords worked in Uppal’s Edmonton-Sherwood Park constituency office until March 2011 when she and her husband and returned home to Esterhazy to own and operate Positive Signs, a sign and print company.
In November 2014, Wagantall won the Conservative nomination in Yorkton—Melville for the 2015 federal election. On October 19, 2015, she won the seat with 59.2% of the vote.
Personal
Wagantall has been married to H. Martin Wagantall since 1976. She has three grown children and nine grandchildren.