Candice Marie Bergen HarrisPC(born September 28, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as themember of Parliament(MP) forPortage—LisgarinManitobafrom 2008 to 2023. She served as theinterim leaderof theConservative Partyand theleader of the Oppositionfrom February 2, 2022 to September 10, 2022.
Candice Bergen | |
|---|---|
 Bergen in 2017 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office February 2, 2022 – September 10, 2022 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Deputy | Luc Berthold |
| Preceded by | Erin O'Toole |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Poilievre |
| InterimLeader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office February 2, 2022 – September 10, 2022 | |
| Deputy | Luc Berthold |
| Preceded by | Erin O'Toole |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Poilievre |
| Deputy Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office September 2, 2020 – February 2, 2022 | |
| Leader | Erin O'Toole |
| Preceded by | Leona Alleslev |
| Succeeded by | Luc Berthold |
| Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| In office September 2, 2020 – February 2, 2022 | |
| President | Scott Lamb Robert Batherson |
| Leader | Erin O'Toole |
| Preceded by | Leona Alleslev |
| Succeeded by | Luc Berthold |
| Opposition House Leader | |
| In office September 15, 2016 – September 2, 2020 | |
| Leader | Rona Ambrose Andrew Scheer |
| Preceded by | Andrew Scheer |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Deltell |
| Minister of State for Social Development | |
| In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Minister | Jason Kenney Pierre Poilievre |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety | |
| In office May 25, 2011 – July 14, 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Minister | Vic Toews |
| Preceded by | Dave MacKenzie |
| Succeeded by | Roxanne James |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources | |
| In office March 8, 2010 – June 20, 2011 | |
| Minister | Diane Finley |
| Preceded by | Dean Allison |
| Succeeded by | Ed Komarnicki |
| Member of Parliament forPortage—Lisgar | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – February 28, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Pallister |
| Succeeded by | Branden Leslie |
| Shadow cabinetposts | |
| 2015–2016 | Shadow Minister of Natural Resources |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Candice Marie Bergen September 28, 1964 Morden,Manitoba,Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | candicebergen |
Bergen wasminister of State for Social Developmentin theHarper governmentandOpposition House LeaderunderRona AmbroseandAndrew Scheerfrom 2016 until 2020. She served as deputy leader of the Conservative Party and deputy leader of the Opposition underErin O'Toolefrom September 2020 to February 2022.[1]
On September 6, 2022, she announced she would not be standing at thenext federal election,and resigned her seat on February 28, 2023.[2][3]Theby-electionto replace her in parliament was held on June 19, 2023.[4]She was succeeded by her former campaign managerBranden Leslie.[5]
Background
editBergen was born on September 28, 1964,[6]inMorden,Manitoba,to a family withMennoniteroots and attended aPentecostalchurch.[7][8][9][10]She was the youngest of eight siblings. Her father sold car parts and her mother was a cleaner in a hospital. After high school, Bergen moved toWinnipegandBritish Columbia,but returned home to Morden to raise her children and worked to help support her husband through university.[9]
Federal politics
editBergen became involved in politics because of frustration with theCanadian federal government,including what she perceived as wasteful spending. She began volunteering for theCanadian Alliance's localriding association.[9]
In 2004, she was the Manitoba campaign manager forStephen Harper'sleadership bid for the Conservative Party of Canada.[11]
Government backbencher
editOn October 14, 2008, Bergen, under her then-married name Candice Hoeppner, was elected to representPortage—Lisgarin the2008 Canadian federal election.[9]
On November 19, 2008, Bergen introduced the motion in the House of Commons to accept thespeech from the throne(the traditional speech in which thegovernor generaloutlines the government's agenda at the start of a new session of Parliament). In fall 2011, Bergen was given the opportunity to chair a panel of MPs (one from each recognized party) for the selection ofSupreme Courtjudges. Bergen was also a member of the legislative committee studying the controversial Bill C-18, an omnibus bill that would purportedly give marketing freedom to western grain farmers. Some farmers claim that the bill has had negative effects on the grain farmers it claimed to benefit.[12]
Previously, Bergen served as chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. She was the vice-chair of the Standing Committee for the Status of Women and sat on the Standing Committee for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Additionally, she has been a member of the Liaison Committee as well as the Panel of Legislative Committee Chairs.[13]
Bergen was involved in several special parliamentary groups. She was on the executive on the Canada-Japan Inter-Parliamentary Group.[14]She is also the former chair of the Canada-Australia-New Zealand Parliamentary Friendship Group, in addition to sitting on a number of other parliamentary groups.[13]
On May 15, 2009, Bergen introduced bill C-391, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act, which would have repealed thelong-gun registry.On November 4, 2009, bill C-391 passed second reading in the House of Commons by a vote of 164 to 137.[15]On September 22, 2010, aLiberalmotion to kill debate on bill C-391 was passed 153–151, after sixNDPMPs who backed Bergen's bill changed their votes, along with several Liberal MPs, enough to ensure the passage of the motion, keeping the registry alive.[16]
Parliamentary secretary and cabinet minister
editOn May 2, 2011, at the41st Canadian general election,Bergen was returned as Member of Parliament for Portage—Lisgar with 76.0 per cent of the vote.[17] On May 25, 2011, Bergen was appointed as the parliamentary secretary to theminister of public safety.In her role as parliamentary secretary, Bergen had the opportunity to work alongside the Minister of Public Safety on bill C-19, Ending the Long Gun Registry Act which became law on April 5, 2012.[13]
On July 15, 2013, Bergen was appointedMinister of State for Social Development.[18]
In opposition
edit
After Stephen Harper resigned as Conservative leader after the party became the Official Opposition after the2015 election,Bergen, who was re-elected, announced that she would run for the interim leadership.[19]Rona Ambrose was chosen instead.[20]
In opposition, she served as the Official Opposition critic for Natural Resources from November 20, 2015, to September 15, 2016.
Bergen was appointed by Interim Conservative leader,Rona Ambroseas Opposition House Leader on September 15, 2016, replacingAndrew Scheer.[21]
In 2018, Bergen criticizedJustin Trudeauand the Liberal government during theQuestion Periodafter not ordering law enforcement to arrestAbu Huzaifa al-Kanadiafter admitting to be a member of theIslamic Stategroup.[22]She also called on Public Safety MinisterRalph Goodaleto reveal whether the government knows where he is or not, but Goodale stated that it was the "opposition of keeping Canadians safe".[23]
She was re-elected in the2019 federal election.She considered running in the2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership electionto succeed Andrew Scheer, but decided not to because of her lack of fluency in French.[9]
In 2020, she called for the re-establishment of theOffice of Religious Freedomin Canada to address theforced conversion of minority girls in Pakistan.[24]
In September 2020, Bergen was appointedDeputy Leader of the OppositionbyErin O'Toole.[25]She was succeeded as Opposition House Leader byGérard Deltell.[26]
On January 7, 2021, an undated photo of Bergen apparently wearing a camouflageMAGA hatbegan circulating on social media. In response, Bergen denounced the2021 storming of the United States Capitolbut did not deny that she was depicted in the picture.[27][28]
On January 31, 2022, Bergen advised senior Conservative MPs not to tell members of theOttawa Proteststo leave the city. In an email she told members that, "we need to turn this into the [Prime Minister's] problem" by portraying Trudeau as unwilling to take steps such as meeting protestors to defuse the situation.[29]Bergen also argued that there are "good people on both sides".[30][31]The same day, fellow Conservative MPMarilyn Gladuposted a picture of Bergen and herself meeting with protestors in a downtown Ottawa restaurant.[32]
On February 2, 2022, Erin O'Toole was removed as leader in a vote by Conservative MPs according to the terms of theReform Act.[33][34]The vote occurred by secret ballot.[35][36]The vote ousted him as leader, which took effect immediately.[37]Following O'Toole's removal, a second vote of Conservative MPs took place on the same day to appoint an interim party leader pursuant to theReform Act.Bergen was elected as the interim leader of the Conservative Party by the Conservative caucus, and became theLeader of the Official Opposition.[38]
During thePublic Order Emergency Commission,Trudeau's chief of staff and three other staffers said that Bergen had "acknowledged that there were significant concerns about whom the federal government could engage with and setting a bad precedent." on a February 3 phone call with Trudeau to see if she could engage protest leadership.[32]As the protests went on, Bergen publicly called for an end to the protests.[39]
On February 6, 2022, Bergen appointedMégantic—L'ÉrableMPLuc Bertholdas the party'sdeputy leaderandQuebec lieutenant.[40]
On September 6, 2022, she announced she would not be standing at thenext federal election.[41]On September 10, 2022, it was announced that MPPierre Poilievrewas elected as her successor in the2022 leadership election.[42]On February 1, 2023, Bergen announced that she had submitted her letter of resignation and would be stepping down as an MP.[39]
After federal politics
editIn March 2023, Bergen became campaign co-chair for theProgressive Conservative Party of Manitobafor the2023 Manitoba general election.[43]
Political positions
editPolitically, Bergen has been defined as both asocial conservativeand amoderatewith a profile inMaclean'sdescribing her as having an appeal to both wings of theConservative Party of Canada.In her personal beliefs, she has expressed opposition tobig governmentand stated that concerns for rural issues and national debt incurred by Liberal governments motivated her involvement in politics.[44]In a 2021 interview withThe Globe and Mail,Bergen stated that she considered running in the2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership electionbut decided not to citing her lack of fluency in French.[45]
Bergen isanti-abortion.[46]Bergen voted in support of Bill C-233 - an act to amend theCriminal Code(sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.[47][non-primary source needed]
Bergen voted against a bill aimed at banningconversion therapyin Canada, justifying her vote by saying she had concerns with the bill's wording.[48][49][50][51]In 2016, she supported the motion to amend the Conservative Party's constitution to remove the "traditional definition" of marriage from the party's policy book and support same-sex marriage.[44]
Personal life
editBergen married David Hoeppner in 1986 and took his name, running as Candice Hoeppner.[8]They had three children together, and as of January 2021, two grandchildren.[7][9]After separating in 2011, Bergen announced in the House of Commons on September 17, 2012, that she would resume using her birth name.[8][52][53]On October 11, 2020, Bergen married Michael Harris, a retired Winnipeg high school teacher; sharing photos of their wedding on social media, Bergen said she "married my love and best friend Michael."[9][54]
Election results
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election:Portage—Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Candice Bergen | 23,819 | 52.52 | –18.28 | $75,005.66 | |||
| People's | Solomon Wiebe | 9,790 | 21.58 | +18.97 | $12,104.29 | |||
| New Democratic | Ken Friesen | 6,068 | 13.38 | +4.70 | $2,822.40 | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Carrier | 4,967 | 10.95 | +0.24 | $14,348.06 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Jerome Dondo | 712 | 1.57 | –0.36 | $7,509.16 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,356 | 99.25 | – | $111,667.24 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 341 | 0.75 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,697 | 66.24 | –0.40 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,991 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | –18.62 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[55] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Portage—Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Candice Bergen | 31,600 | 70.79 | +9.95 | $60,166.75 | |||
| Liberal | Ken Werbiski | 4,779 | 10.71 | −15.08 | $18,673.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Cindy Friesen | 3,872 | 8.67 | +2.47 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Beverley Eert | 2,356 | 5.28 | +1.30 | $6,945.06 | |||
| People's | Aaron Archer | 1,169 | 2.62 | $1,048.91 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Jerome Dondo | 860 | 1.93 | −1.27 | $21,830.60 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,636 | 99.39 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 275 | 0.61 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,911 | 68.64 | +1.19 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,397 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +12.52 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[56][57] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Portage—Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Candice Bergen | 25,060 | 60.84 | −14.95 | $91,365.21 | |||
| Liberal | Ken Werbiski | 10,621 | 25.79 | +19.81 | $12,481.25 | |||
| New Democratic | Dean Harder | 2,554 | 6.20 | −4.01 | $7,315.22 | |||
| Green | Bev Eert | 1,637 | 3.97 | −1.67 | $7,832.39 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Jerome Dondo | 1,315 | 3.19 | $20,134.89 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,187 | 99.62 | $208,924.52 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 159 | 0.38 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 41,346 | 65.44 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 63,180 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −17.38 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[58][59] | ||||||||
^ Change is from redistributed results
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Portage—Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Candice Hoeppner | 26,899 | 75.99 | +7.72 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Mohamed Alli | 3,478 | 9.83 | +2.54 | – | |||
| Liberal | MJ Willard | 2,221 | 6.27 | −7.28 | – | |||
| Green | Matthew Friesen | 1,996 | 5.64 | −2.43 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Jerome Dondo | 805 | 2.27 | −0.55 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 35,399 | 99.59 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 147 | 0.41 | +0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 35,546 | 59.44 | +5.67 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 59,799 | – | – | |||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +2.59 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election:Portage—Lisgar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Candice Hoeppner | 22,036 | 68.27 | −1.52 | $57,186 | |||
| Liberal | Ted Klassen | 4,374 | 13.55 | +2.16 | $19,807 | |||
| Green | Charlie Howatt | 2,606 | 8.07 | +2.97 | $3,649 | |||
| New Democratic | Mohamed Alli | 2,353 | 7.29 | −3.76 | $2,873 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Len Lodder | 911 | 2.82 | +0.14 | $8,429 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 32,280 | 99.64 | $83,296 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.36 | +0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 32,396 | 53.77 | –7.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,246 | – | – | |||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | −1.84 | ||||||
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