# Karen Redman

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1953)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable)
| name             = Karen Redman
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image            = Karen Redman 2019.jpg
| caption          = Redman in 2019
| office           = Chair of the [Region of Waterloo](/source/Region_of_Waterloo)
| term_start       = November 30, 2018
| predecessor      = Ken Seiling
| office2          = Member of Parliament for [Kitchener Centre](/source/Kitchener_Centre_(federal_electoral_district))
| term_start2      = June 2, 1997
| term_end2        = October 14, 2008
| predecessor2     = [John English](/source/John_English_(Canadian_politician))
| successor2       = [Stephen Woodworth](/source/Stephen_Woodworth_(politician))
| birth_name       = Karen Longo
| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1953|1|8}}
| birth_place      = [Kitchener, Ontario](/source/Kitchener%2C_Ontario), Canada
| party            = [Independent](/source/Independent_politician)
| other_party      = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) (until 2014)
| spouse           = Warren Redman
}}

'''Karen Redman''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} ({{nee}} '''Longo'''; born January 8, 1953) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician who currently serves as the chair of the [Region of Waterloo](/source/Region_of_Waterloo). Previously, she was a member of the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) from 1997 to 2008, representing the [riding](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Kitchener Centre](/source/Kitchener_Centre_(federal_electoral_district)) for the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada). She served as [Chief Government Whip](/source/Chief_Whip) in the 2004 to 2005 Parliament, and was the Chief Official Opposition Whip in the 2006 to 2008 parliament. She was defeated in the [2008 federal election](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election). She was elected to [Waterloo Regional Council](/source/Waterloo_Region) in the [2014 municipal election](/source/2014_Waterloo_Region_municipal_elections) and has been the Waterloo Regional Chair since 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-regional-chair-municipal-election-results-2018-1.4874371|title=Karen Redman elected regional chair {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-10-24|language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Redman was born in [Kitchener](/source/Kitchener%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario). After completing high school at [Eastwood Collegiate Institute](/source/Eastwood_Collegiate_Institute), Redman went on to graduate from the [University of Waterloo](/source/University_of_Waterloo), receiving a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree in English in 1974. She subsequently worked as a writer, and was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Learning Disabilities Association and the Canadian Federation of University Women. She has been an elder in Kitchener's St. Andrew's [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) Church since 1991.

===Politics===
Redman served as a trustee on the [Waterloo County Board of Education](/source/Waterloo_Region_District_School_Board) from 1988 to 1994, and was a city councillor for the [Kitchener City Council](/source/Kitchener_City_Council) and the [Regional Municipality of Waterloo](/source/Regional_Municipality_of_Waterloo) from 1994 to 1997.

She was first elected to parliament in the [federal election of 1997](/source/1997_Canadian_federal_election), defeating former [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) [John Reimer](/source/John_Reimer) by over 10,000 votes.  She was re-elected by comfortable margins in the elections of [2000](/source/2000_Canadian_federal_election), [2004](/source/2004_Canadian_federal_election), and [2006](/source/2006_Canadian_federal_election).

Redman served as [parliamentary secretary](/source/parliamentary_secretary) to the [Minister of the Environment](/source/Minister_of_the_Environment_(Canada)) from 2000 to 2003.  She was named [Chief Government Whip](/source/List_of_current_members_of_the_Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) and sworn into the [Queen's Privy Council for Canada](/source/Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) on July 20, 2004, an important role in a [minority government](/source/Federal_minority_governments_in_Canada) situation. Following the Liberal defeat in the 2006 election, she was named Chief Opposition Whip.

In the [2008 federal election](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election), she lost to [Stephen Woodworth](/source/Stephen_Woodworth_(politician)) of the [Conservative Party of Canada](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) by 339 votes.

On November 17, 2009, upon a reconstitution of the Office of the [Leader of the Official Opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Official_Opposition_(Canada)) under Chief of Staff [Peter Donolo](/source/Peter_Donolo), Redman was named Caucus Liaison, a role drawing on her "strong and deep ties with her former – and future – caucus colleagues."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/changes-in-ottawa/article1366394/singlepage/|title=Changes in Ottawa|work=[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)|author=Andrew Steele|date=November 17, 2009|quote=The following is an email sent by new Ignatieff Chief of Staff, Peter Donolo.}}</ref>

Redman was renominated as the federal Liberal candidate for the riding of Kitchener Centre in the [2011 election](/source/2011_Canadian_federal_election), yet lost again to Conservative [Stephen Woodworth](/source/Stephen_Woodworth_(politician)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therecord.com/sports-story/2562561-rae-swings-through-region-in-election-style-visit/|title=Rae swings through region in election-style visit|work=[Waterloo Region Record](/source/Waterloo_Region_Record)|author=Brent Davis|date=September 10, 2010|access-date=November 9, 2015|quote=Rae was accompanied by Kitchener Centre Liberal candidate and former MP Karen Redman}}</ref>

She was elected to [Waterloo Regional Council](/source/Waterloo_Region) in the [2014 municipal election](/source/2014_Waterloo_Region_municipal_elections).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/karenredman.asp|publisher=[Waterloo Region](/source/Waterloo_Region)|title=Karen Redman biography|access-date=November 9, 2015|archive-date=November 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114195258/http://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/regionalGovernment/karenredman.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 2018 she successfully ran for and became the chair of the Waterloo Regional Council, receiving over 62% of the votes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-regional-chair-municipal-election-results-2018-1.4874371|title=Karen Redman elected regional chair {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-10-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable"
|Colspan="2" align="center"|'''[Waterloo Region - Regional Councillor for the City of Kitchener, 2014](/source/2014_Waterloo_Region_municipal_elections)'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Municipal Election Results: Regional Councillor |url=http://www.kitchener.ca/en/insidecityhall/resources/City_of_Kitchener_-_Official_Results_-_Certified.pdf |page=4 |publisher=City of Kitchener |access-date=2018-10-14 |archive-date=2017-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807045503/https://www.kitchener.ca/en/insidecityhall/resources/City_of_Kitchener_-_Official_Results_-_Certified.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{efn|Four positions available}}
|-
! width="150px" | Candidate
! Votes
|-
|'''Karen Redman''' ||align=right| 28,616
|-
|'''Tom Galloway''' ||align=right| 24,866
|-
|'''[Wayne Wettlaufer](/source/Wayne_Wettlaufer)''' ||align=right| 17,471
|-
|'''Geoff Lorentz''' ||align=right| 17,005
|-
|Elizabeth Clarke ||align=right| 16,586
|-
|Cameron J. Dearlove ||align=right| 14,439
|-
|Greg Burns ||align=right| 8,331
|-
|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[Stephen Woodworth](/source/Stephen_Woodworth_(politician)) |21,119 |42.40| +5.70|$84,217.49}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman|15,592 |31.30 | -4.64|$79,800.33}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Peter Thurley|10,742 |21.57 | +3.48| $38,822.94}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Byron Williston|1,972|3.96 | -4.55|$4,298.33}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Alan Rimmer|199|0.40 | |$1,916.45}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Martin Suter|93|0.19 | -0.10|$502.09}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Mark Corbiere|92 |0.18 |&ndash;| none listed}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|49,809|99.58| $87,274.51}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 209| 0.42| +0.01| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|50,018| 63.15| +5.12| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|80,480|&ndash;|&ndash;| }}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|Conservative|+5.17}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[Stephen Woodworth](/source/Stephen_Woodworth_(politician)) |16,480|36.69|+4.56|$75,291}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman|16,141|35.94|-7.32|$74,745}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Oz Cole-Arnal|8,152|18.08|-0.35|$26,622}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|John Bithell|3,818|8.51|+2.89|$2,612}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Amanda Lamka|215|0.47|&ndash;| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Martin Suter|127|0.28|-0.26|$373}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|44,933|100.00|$84,756 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 183| 0.41|-0.05 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 45,091| 57.03| -7.67}}
{{CANelec/gain|CA|Conservative|Liberal| +5.94}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman |21,715| 43.26|-3.8 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Steven Cage|16,131|32.13 | +4.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Richard Walsh-Bowers |9,250| 18.43| -0.9}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Tony Maas|2,822| 5.62| +0.2}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Martin Suter|274| 0.54| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|50,192 | 100.00}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 232|0.46|  }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 50,426| 64.70 }}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman |21,264|47.1|-5.7}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Thomas Ichim|12,412|27.5|-12.4{{efn-la|Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.}}}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Richard Walsh-Bowers |8,717|19.3	|+12.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Karol Vesely|2,450|5.4|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Mark Corbiere|277|0.6|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 45,120|100.0}}
{{end}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman |23,511|52.8	|+4.8}}
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Eloise Jantzi|11,603|26.1	|+6.2{{efn-la|Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.}}}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Steven Daniel Gadbois|6,162|13.8	|-8.9}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Paul Royston|3,058|6.9	|-2.5}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Martin Suter|167|0.4|	}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|44,501 |100.0}}
{{end}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Karen Redman |23,089|48.0}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[John Reimer](/source/John_Reimer) |10,960|22.8}}
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Ronald Albert Wilson|9,550|19.9}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Lucy Harrison|4,503|9.4}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|48,102 |100.0}}
{{end}}

==See also==
* [List of University of Waterloo people](/source/List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people)

==Notes==
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==References==
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