QUALTROUGH, Hon. Carla, P.C., M.P., B.Sc., LL.B.; politician, lawyer, Paralympic swimmer; b. Calgary, Alta. 15 Oct. 1971; m. Eron Main; four children; e. Brookswood Sec. H.S. 1989; Simon Fraser Univ. Fr./Pol. Sci. 1989–91; Univ. of Ottawa B.Sc. (Pol. Sci./Fr.) 1993; Univ. of Victoria LL.B. 1997; MINISTER OF SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, GOVT. OF CANADA 2023–  ; Legal Counsel, Cdn. Human Rights Tribunal 1999–2001; Sr. Policy Adv., Office of the Secy. of Defense 2002–04; Special Adv. to the Dir. Gen., Sport Canada 2004; Mediator and Trainer, Stitt Feld Handy Group 2004–05; Sr. Adv. to the Parlty. Secy. for Sport and Physical Activity, Office of the P.M. of Canada 2005; Bid Cons., Halifax 2015 Commonwealth Games Bid Ctte. 2005; Legal Counsel, B.C. Human Rights Tribunal 2005–06; Dir. of Sport, Inclusion, Sport Tourism 2010 Legacies Now 2006–10; Chair, B.C. Ministers' Council on Employment and Accessibility for Persons with a Disability 2010–15; Vice-Chair, Workers' Comp. Appeal Tribunal 2011–15; 1st el. H. of C. (Delta) gen. el. 2015, re-el. 2019, '21; Min. of Sport and Persons With Disabilities 2015–17; Sworn to the Privy Council 2015; Min. of Public Services and Procurement 2017–19; Min. of Accessibility 2018–19; Min. of Employment, Workforce Dev. and Disability Inclusion 2019–23; Min. of Sport and Physical Activity 2023–24;  vol. pos. incl.: Vice-Pres., Americas Paralympic Ctte. 2013–  ; Vice-Chair, Bd. of Dir., Delta Gymnastics Soc. 2013–  ; Dir., Cdn. Centre for Ethics in Sport 2014; Mem., Legal and Ethics Ctte., Internat. Paralympic Ctte. 2002–  ; Chair, Para-Swimming Team Selection Ctte., Swimming Natation Canada 2008–  ; Pres., Cdn. Paralympic Ctte. 2006–10 (previously Past Pres., Dir. of Advocacy, Athlete Advocate, Athlete Services Rep.); competed for Canada in two Paralympic Games; Bronze Medal 4x100m medley relay, Seoul Games1988; two Bronze Medals, medley relay and freestyle relay, Barcelona Games1992; winner of  four World Championship medals; honours: named to Most Influential Women in Sport five times, Cdn. Assn. for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS); Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012; Disability Changemaker of the Year Award, March of Dimes 2023; Cdn. Paralympic Hall of Fame 2017; Cdn. Council of the Blind Person of the Year 2019; BC Sports Hall of Fame 2023; Liberal; languages: English, French; Home: Delta BC; Office: House of Commons Ottawa ON  K1A 0A6.
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