| Siobhán Coady MP |
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| Preceded by | Loyola Hearn |
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| Born | November 11, 1960 Grand Falls, Newfoundland |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Siobhán Coady (born November 11, 1960 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada) is a businessperson and politician from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Coady ran unsuccessfully for the Liberal party for the riding of St. John's South in the Canada general elections of 2004 and 2006 and lost to Conservative incumbent Loyola Hearn both times. She ran again for a third time in the 2008 general election and won a tight race against the New Democratic Party's Ryan Cleary.
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Personal life
In 2004 Coady was voted one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada. Coady is the CEO of Newfound Genomics, Bonaventure Fisheries and The Clinical Trials Centre, a medical research company.
Coady is the past chair of several volunteer organanizations including the regional economic development board, the Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall of Fame, and the past campaign chair of the Red Cross. She was the president of the St. John's Board of Trade in 1993 and chair and governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in 2003. In 2004, she was an ambassador for Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador.
Political life
In the 2004 federal election, Coady ran for the Canadian House of Commons, representing the Liberal Party of Canada in St. John's South, but lost to Loyola Hearn of the Conservative Party of Canada. Coady received 11,879 votes to Hearn's 13,330. Coady also ran in the 2006 federal election, also in St. John's South—Mount Pearl. She was defeated once again, receiving 12,293 votes to Hearn's 16,644 votes.
She was elected to parliament in the 2008 General Election, defeating the NDP candidate Ryan Cleary by one thousand votes. The 2008 federal general election campaign was influenced greatly by a personal campaign by Premier Danny Williams, a Progressive Conservative, against the Conservative Party of Canada's Stephen Harper for what Williams believed were broken promises to his Province. Williams and the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador promoted and paid for the "ABC - Anyone But Conservative" campaign which led to all Conservative Party of Canada candidates being defeated in Newfoundland and Labrador. Pundits across Canada believe this may be the only reason why Siobhan Coady won her seat. Her seat is targeted by the New Democratic Party as a possible win for them in the next general election.
Electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | 14,930 | 43.3 | |||
| New Democrat | Ryan Cleary | 13,883 | 40.3 | |||
| Conservative | Merv Wiseman | 4,324 | 12.6 | |||
| Green | Ted Warren | 643 | 1.9 | |||
| NLF | Greg Byrne | 485 | 1.4 | |||
| Independent | Terry Christopher Butler | 179 | 0.5 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,444 | |||||
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| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | Loyola Hearn | 16,644 | 44.68 | +5.11 | ||
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | 12,295 | 33.00 | -2.26 | ||
| New Democrat | Peg Norman | 8079 | 21.69 | -2.02 | ||
| Green | Barry Crozier | 235 | 0.63 | -0.83 | ||
| Total valid votes | 37,253 | 100.0% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 124 | 0.33% | ||||
| Turnout | 37,371 | 58.3% | +5.7% | |||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Conservative | Loyola Hearn | 13,330 | 39.57 | -16.2 | ||
| Liberal | Siobhán Coady | 11,879 | 35.26 | +5.0 | ||
| New Democrat | Peg Norman | 7989 | 23.71 | +10.3 | ||
| Green | Steve Willcott | 493 | 1.46 | Ø | ||
| Total valid votes | 33,691 | 52.6% | ||||
Awards received
- Siobhan received the Harvey Webber Award in 1994 from Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce in recognition of her outstanding service in strengthening the chamber movement in Atlantic Canada.
- In 2003 Siobhan was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
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