Michelle Rempel
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The Honourable Michelle Rempel PC MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for Immigration | |
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Assumed office November 20, 2015 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Nose Hill |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Diane Ablonczy |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Centre-North |
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In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Prentice |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) | |
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In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Lynne Yelich |
| Succeeded by | Ministry abolished |
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Michelle Godin February 14, 1980 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Residence | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Profession | Administrative professional, Member of Parliament |
Michelle Rempel PC MP (née Godin; born February 14, 1980) is a Canadian politician, who is the federal Member of Parliament (MP) for the electoral riding of Calgary Nose Hill since the 2015 federal election. Prior to this, she served as the MP for Calgary Centre-North after the 2011 federal election, holding the seat for the Conservative Party following the retirement of Jim Prentice from federal politics. Rempel is a member of the Conservative Party and served as the Minister of State responsible for Western Economic Diversification Canada. She formerly served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment. On November 20, 2015 she was appointed as Official Opposition Critic for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, within the shadow cabinet of Rona Ambrose.
Rempel was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is of partial Franco-Manitoban ancestry. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Manitoba. Rempel helped to pay her way through school by playing as a classically trained pianist. She worked as Director of the University of Calgary’s Institutional Programs Division prior to her election. Under her leadership the sponsored research funding grew from $7 million in 2007 to over $100 million in 2009.
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