Kevin Waugh

Kevin Waugh MP (born 1955) is a Canadian politician and former television sports journalist. Waugh was first elected to represent the riding of Saskatoon—Grasswood in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Kevin Waugh MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saskatoon—Grasswood
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Lynne Yelich
Saskatchewan Conservative Caucus Chair
Incumbent
Assumed office December 4, 2019
Preceded by	Randy Hoback
Saskatoon Public School Division Trustee
In office November 1, 2006 – October 27, 2015
Preceded by	Lindsay Fast
Succeeded by	Charmaine Bellamy
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 65–66)[1] Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Ann Waugh
Residence	Saskatoon[2]
Profession	Broadcaster

Broadcasting career

Prior to his election as an MP, Waugh had been a longtime sportscaster with CTV Saskatoon.[3]

Political career

School Trustee

From 2006 to 2015, Waugh served as the Ward 9 Trustee for the Saskatoon Public School Division.[3]

Conservative Nomination

Prior to the 2015 election, Waugh defeated incumbent Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister Lynne Yelich, who had previously served as the Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Consular) in the nomination race for the newly created riding of Saskatoon-Grasswood, which was replacing the former riding of Blackstrap. Waugh stated at the time that "Lynne was a great M.P., I have no issues with her" and that "we haven't had a Saskatoon MP from the city for a long time".[4] Waugh had previously served as President of the Blackstrap Conservative Association while Yelich was the Member of Parliament for the riding.[4]

Member of Parliament

In the 2015 election, Waugh was elected by a margin of nearly 5,000 votes over his closest opponent, Scott Bell of the New Democratic Party. Following the selection of Rona Ambrose as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Waugh was appointed as the Deputy Critic for Canadian Heritage. Waugh was also appointed to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.

In 2016, at a sports award ceremony, Waugh claimed that female athletes are treated as good or better than their male counterparts. That comment received heavy criticism from female and male athletes alike, and concern given that Waugh's spot on the Canadian parliamentary committee examining women and girls in sport.[5]

On February 26, 2016, Waugh introduced Bill C-241: An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (school authorities). This legislation would have increased the goods and services tax rebate that schools and school boards received from 68% to 100%, effectively exempting schools from paying the tax.[6] Despite support from members of his own Conservative Party, the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois,[7] the bill was defeated at second reading by the Liberal majority.[8]

Upon the election of Andrew Scheer as leader of the Conservative Party in May 2017, Waugh was named Deputy Shadow Minister for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Indigenous Services, and the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.[9] In this role, Waugh served on the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.[10]

Waugh was re-elected with an increased vote count and vote share in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election, receiving more than twice as many votes as his closest challenger. On December 4, 2019, Waugh was elected as the Chair of the Conservative Party's Saskatchewan Regional Caucus.[11] This position is responsible for chairing meetings of the regional caucus and presenting the results and decisions of those meetings to party leadership.

Personal life

Kevin Waugh lives in Saskatoon with his wife Ann, with whom he has two children and one granddaughter.[9]

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Saskatoon—Grasswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Waugh	26,336	53.3	+11.7	–
	New Democratic	Erika Ritchie	12,672	25.6	-4.5	–
	Liberal	Tracy Muggli	8,419	17	-9.4	–
	Green	Neil Sinclair	1320	2.7	+0.9	–
	People's Party	Mark Friesen	692	1.4	+1.4	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,439	100.0
Total rejected ballots			337	–	–
Turnout			49,776	77.59	–
Eligible voters			64,150
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.10
Source: Elections Canada[12]

2015 Canadian federal election: Saskatoon—Grasswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kevin Waugh	19,166	41.6	-8.62	–
	New Democratic	Scott Bell	13,909	30.2	-9.64	–
	Liberal	Tracy Muggli	12,165	26.4	+19.09	–
	Green	Mark Bigland-Pritchard	846	1.8	-0.69	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			46,086	100.0		$193,171.88
Total rejected ballots			137	–	–
Turnout			46,223	78.59	–
Eligible voters			58,810
	Conservative hold		Swing		-9.13
Source: Elections Canada[13][14]

Provincial

2003 Saskatchewan general election: Saskatoon Greystone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Peter Prebble	4,287	49.09	+1.23
	Saskatchewan	Kevin Waugh	2,844	32.57	-0.40
	Liberal	Herta Barron	1,552	17.77	-1.40
	New Green	Brian Berezowski	50	0.57	*
Total			8,733	100.00

Municipal

2012 Saskatoon Public School Division, Public Trustee, Ward Nine[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
Kevin Waugh	3,731	82.87
Nathan Schneider	771	17.13
Total	4,502	100.00

2009 Saskatoon Public School Division, Public Trustee, Ward Nine[16]
Candidate	Votes	%
Kevin Waugh	Acclaimed

2006 Saskatoon Public School Division, Public Trustee, Ward Nine[17]
Candidate	Votes	%
Kevin Waugh	3,940	74.41
Morag MacPherson	1,355	25.59
Total	5,295	100.00

References

1. https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=18605
2. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
3. Warren, Jeremy (2015-10-18). "Saskatoon-Grasswood: Conservative Waugh knocks off Muggli, Bell". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
4. October 15, jwarren Updated; 2015 (2015-10-15). "Tight battle for first in new Saskatoon-Grasswood riding | Saskatoon StarPhoenix". Retrieved 2020-01-10.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. Warick, Jason (2016-11-07). "Kevin Waugh under fire for comments about female athletes". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
6. "Private Member's Bill C-241 (42-1) - First Reading - An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (school authorities) - Parliament of Canada". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
7. "Vote Details". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
8. "LEGISinfo - Private Member's Bill C-241 (42-1)". www.parl.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
9. "About Kevin | Kevin Waugh". Retrieved 2020-01-10.
10. "Roles - Kevin Waugh - Current and Past - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
11. "Kevin Waugh, MP". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
12. https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e}}
13. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Saskatoon—Grasswood, 30 September 2015
14. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
15. 2012 Election Results
16. 2009 Election Results
17. 2006 Election Results

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