Role Politician Name Karina Gould | Spouse(s) Alberto Gerones | |
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Alma mater McGill UniversityOxford University Education University of Oxford (2011–2013), McGill University | ||
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Karina Gould (born June 28, 1987) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district Burlington during the 2015 federal election. In January 2017, she was appointed Minister of Democratic Institutions in the 29th Canadian Ministry, headed by Justin Trudeau, becoming the youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history.
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- Karina gould trade barriers question
- Karina gould a fresh voice for burlington
- Early life and career
- Political career
- References
Karina gould a fresh voice for burlington
Early life and career
Gould was born in 1987, and grew up in Burlington, Ontario. After she graduated from high school in 2005, the next year volunteering at an orphanage in Mexico, where she met her husband, Alberto Gerones. After returning to Canada she attended McGill University, earning a degree in political science and Latin American studies. While there, she helped organize fundraising for humanitarian aid for Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, and served as president of the arts undergraduate student council.
In 2010, she took a job with the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. as a consultant on migration to work with their Migration and Development Program.
She subsequently completed a master's degree in international relations at Oxford University. Upon moving to Burlington, she worked as a trade and investment specialist for the Mexican consulate in Toronto prior to her candidacy in the 2015 election.
Political career
During the election campaign, she attracted minor attention for deleting a three-year-old tweet expressing opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines – eventually not approved by the Trudeau government – and to the development of the Alberta tar sands in general. She defeated Conservative incumbent Mike Wallace, who had represented the riding since the 2006 federal election, by winning 46% of the vote to his 42.5%.
On December 2, 2015, Gould was named the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie within the Liberal government. During Barack Obama's July 2016 state visit to Ottawa, he gave a shoutout to Burlington, where his brother in law lives, during his address to Parliament, prompting Gould to wave for the cameras, in what Macleans called her most high-profile moment.
On January 10, 2017, she was named Minister of Democratic Institutions, succeeding Maryam Monsef. She also became the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. These appointments made her the youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history.