Cheryl Hardcastle
Cheryl Hardcastle is a Canadian politician and former member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the federal electoral district of Windsor—Tecumseh, first elected during the 2015 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. During the 42nd Canadian Parliament, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair appointed Hardcastle to be the party's critic for Sports and Persons with Disabilities. After Mulcair was replaced Jagmeet Singh, he added "International Human Rights" to her critic duties, where she now sits as Vice-Chair to the Subcommittee for International Human Rights. She lost her re-election bid in the 2019 Canadian federal election, having come second in what was considered a surprise upset to the Liberal candidate Irek Kusmierczyk.
Cheryl Hardcastle | |
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Hardcastle in 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Comartin |
| Succeeded by | Irek Kusmierczyk |
| Deputy Mayor of Tecumseh | |
| In office December 7, 2010 – December 9, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Burton |
| Succeeded by | Joe Bachetti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 20, 1961 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Newspaper editor |
She introduced one private member bill, C-348, which sought to make Employment and Social Development Canada responsible for providing information and guidance to persons with disabilities on all federal applications for grants, benefits, compensation and any other programs and services, as a means of reducing the administrative burden on applicants. The bill was debated at second reading but defeated with the Liberal Party majority voting against it.