{{Short description|Canadian politician and businesswoman (1957–2024)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Kim Rudd | honorific_suffix = | image = Kim-Time-for-Change-1-.jpg | image_size = 200px | office = Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources | minister = Jim Carr | term_start = December 2, 2015 | term_end = August 30, 2018 | predecessor = Kelly Block | successor = | riding1 = Northumberland—Peterborough South | parliament1 = Canadian | term_start1 = October 19, 2015 | term_end1 = September 11, 2019 | predecessor1 = Rick Norlock | successor1 = Philip Lawrence | birth_date = November 18, 1957 | birth_place = | birth_name = | death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|03|12|66}} | death_place = Cobourg, Ontario, Canada | profession = | party = Liberal Party | spouse = Tom Rudd | children = 2 }}
'''Kim Elizabeth Rudd''' (November 18, 1957 – March 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician and businesswoman. She was elected a Member of Parliament for Northumberland – Peterborough South in 2015 and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018.
Rudd was a past president and owner of Willis College in Cobourg, Ontario, a former owner of Cook's Day School, and a past president of the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce.
== Career == Before becoming involved in politics as a career, Rudd was a long-time advocate of childcare and previously worked on the creation of daycares in Cobourg, Ontario.<ref name=":1"/> She was a former owner of Cook's Day School, Willis College, and Archer CPR Training.<ref name="Obituary"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/5829136-kim-rudd-northumberland-peterborough-south-liberal-candidate-ready-to-reinvigorate-canada/|title=Kim Rudd, Northumberland-Peterborough South Liberal candidate ready to reinvigorate Canada|date=September 4, 2015 |publisher=northumberlandnews.com|accessdate=October 15, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015172842/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/5829136-kim-rudd-northumberland-peterborough-south-liberal-candidate-ready-to-reinvigorate-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2011, Rudd was among six award recipients of the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award. Contributions to economies locally, nationally, and globally were among the criteria for winning the award.<ref name=":0" /> Rudd was a consultant at the Canadian Nuclear Association.<ref name="Obituary"/>
In 2020, Rudd joined the Advisory Board for Arnprior Aerospace Inc.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arnprioraerospace.com/1/new3.pdf |title=Kim Rudd |access-date=March 14, 2024 |page=2 |archive-date=October 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023110034/https://www.arnprioraerospace.com/1/new3.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> She served as the President of the Northumberland Central Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee of Northumberland, Vice-Chair of the Ontario Training Completion Assurance Fund Secretariat, Vice-President of the Association of Career Colleges and as the founding Executive Director of the Association of Private Colleges.<ref name="Obituary"/>
=== Political career === After an unsuccessful bid to become a Member of Parliament in the 2011 Canadian federal election,<ref name="2011Election" /> Rudd was elected in 2015 to the House of Commons of Canada to represent the riding of Northumberland – Peterborough South.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/5958529-liberal-kim-rudd-wins-in-northumberland-peterborough-south-2015-federal-election-results/|title=Liberal Kim Rudd wins in Northumberland Peterborough-South: 2015 federal election results|date=October 19, 2015|website=NorthumberlandNews.com|language=en-CA|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105062820/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/5958529-liberal-kim-rudd-wins-in-northumberland-peterborough-south-2015-federal-election-results/|url-status=live}}</ref> She also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources from 2015 to 2018 when she announced she chose to step down to better represent her riding; while stepping down from Parliamentary Secretary, Rudd declared she would not be ruling out future opportunities for more responsibility in future government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cobourgnow.com/?p=5945|title=Rudd Steps Down from Parliamentary Secretary Position|date=August 31, 2018|website=Cobourg Now – News Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=November 5, 2019}} {{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kovach |first1=Joelle |title=Rudd stepping down as parliamentary secretary |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news/peterborough-region/rudd-stepping-down-as-parliamentary-secretary/article_d685ef3f-5d1e-5f16-a22f-e9d691f5dd0b.html |access-date=March 19, 2024 |work=The Peterborough Examiner |date=August 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> On October 1, 2018, Rudd was named the chair of the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus and served as a member of the standing committees on finance and natural resources.<ref name="Obituary"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/8937904-mp-kim-rudd-tackling-new-responsibilities/|title=MP Kim Rudd tackling new responsibilities|date=October 2, 2018|website=NorthumberlandNews.com|language=en-CA|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029015407/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/8937904-mp-kim-rudd-tackling-new-responsibilities/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Rudd opposed eliminating a tax on heating fuel and supported tax credits such as the Canada Child Tax Credit. She said that eliminating a tax on heating fuel would have varying degrees of impact on people living in different parts of Canada and that the Canada Child Tax Credit would be more universal.<ref name=":1"/>
Rudd said she supported improving the Canada Pension Plan and increasing benefits to widows.<ref name=":1"/>
She ran for reelection and was defeated in the 2019 Canadian federal election by more than 2,500 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/9654881-update-northumberland-peterborough-south-liberal-candidate-kim-rudd-not-defeated-by-election-loss/|title=UPDATE: Northumberland-Peterborough South Liberal candidate Kim Rudd not defeated by election loss|last=Heeger|first=Sean|date=October 22, 2019|website=NorthumberlandNews.com|language=en-CA|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024144932/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/9654881-update-northumberland-peterborough-south-liberal-candidate-kim-rudd-not-defeated-by-election-loss/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal life and death == Kim Elizabeth Rudd was born on November 18, 1957.<ref name="Obituary">[https://www.maccoubrey.com/service/7753/kim-elizabeth-rudd Kim Elizabeth Rudd: November 18, 1957 – March 12, 2024] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316050259/https://www.maccoubrey.com/service/7753/kim-elizabeth-rudd |date=March 16, 2024}}, maccoubrey.com. Accessed March 16, 2024.</ref> When she was growing up, her alcoholic father had to quit work after an accident, so her mother started working at a more demanding job, which led to Rudd having significant household responsibilities as a child. She had Métis ancestry via her maternal grandfather.<ref name=":1"/>
Rudd and her husband Tom Rudd had two daughters, Alison and Stefanie. They adopted Alison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Kim Rudd: Candidate for the Liberal Party {{!}} Trent Hills Now|url=https://trenthillsnow.com/2019/10/08/kim-rudd-candidate-for-the-liberal-party/|access-date=November 5, 2019|language=en-US|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105064353/https://trenthillsnow.com/2019/10/08/kim-rudd-candidate-for-the-liberal-party/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/3775912-cobourg-entrepreneur-among-best-in-canada/|title=Cobourg entrepreneur among best in Canada|date=December 5, 2011|website=NorthumberlandNews.com|language=en-CA|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029015408/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news-story/3775912-cobourg-entrepreneur-among-best-in-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Kim Rudd died of ovarian cancer at a hospice in Cobourg, Ontario, on March 12, 2024, at the age of 66.<ref>[https://www.gonorthumberland.ca/2024/03/13/northumberland-is-mourning-a-leader-former-mp-kim-rudd-has-passed-away-at-eds-house/ Northumberland is mourning a leader: Former MP Kim Rudd passes away after lengthy battle with cancer], gonorthumberland.ca. Accessed March 16, 2024.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kim Rudd, former MP for Northumberland-Peterborough South, dies at Cobourg hospice centre |url=https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/kim-rudd-former-mp-for-northumberland-peterborough-south-dies-at-cobourg-hospice-centre/article_c02aa5a9-44f1-5718-a153-daa3d5809961.html |access-date=March 13, 2024 |publisher=Northumberland News |date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313195227/https://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/kim-rudd-former-mp-for-northumberland-peterborough-south-dies-at-cobourg-hospice-centre/article_c02aa5a9-44f1-5718-a153-daa3d5809961.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Northumberland—Peterborough South}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Northumberland—Peterborough South (federal electoral district)|Northumberland—Peterborough South|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Kim Rudd|27,043|42.51|+21.42|$114,323.76}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Adam Moulton|25,165|39.56|-13.80|$135,349.14}} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|Russ Christianson|9,411|14.80|-5.79|$41,225.56}} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Patricia Sinnott|1,990|3.13|-1.55|$1,350.03}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|63,609|100.00| |$229,426.74}} {{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|267|0.42|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|63,876|71.67|–}} {{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|89,128}} {{CANelec/gain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+17.61}} {{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35071&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |title=Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Northumberland—Peterborough South, 30 September 2015 |access-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020115449/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35071&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |access-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Results 2015-10-20 |access-date=November 1, 2015 |archive-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226052635/http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e |url-status=live }}</ref>|}} {{end}}
{{2011 Canadian federal election/Northumberland—Quinte West}}
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