# Paul Macklin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Macklin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Paul_Macklin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Macklin > Source revision: 1345452196 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Paul Macklin | honorific_suffix = [PC](/source/Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) | parliament = Canadian | riding = [Northumberland—Quinte West](/source/Northumberland%E2%80%94Quinte_West_(federal_electoral_district))
[Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_(Ontario_federal_electoral_district)) (2000–2004) | term_start = November 27, 2000 | term_end = November 29, 2005 | predecessor = ''Riding established'' | successor = [Rick Norlock](/source/Rick_Norlock) | birth_name = Paul Harold Macklin | birth_date = May 22, 1944 | birth_place = [Northumberland County, Ontario](/source/Northumberland_County%2C_Ontario), Canada | alma_mater = [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[University of Windsor](/source/University_of_Windsor) | party = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) }} '''Paul Harold Macklin''', [PC](/source/Queen's_Privy_Council_for_Canada), [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) (born May 22, 1944) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [politician](/source/politician). He was a member of the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada), representing the [riding](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Northumberland—Quinte West](/source/Northumberland%E2%80%94Quinte_West_(federal_electoral_district)) of the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) caucus from 2000 to 2006.{{cite news|title=Canada Votes 2008: Northumberland - Quinte West |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/165/candidate.html |date=7 November 2008 |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322042946/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/165/candidate.html |archivedate=March 22, 2009 }} Macklin has a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) degree from the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario), and a law degree from the [University of Windsor](/source/University_of_Windsor). After being called to the bar, Macklin worked for the [Toronto](/source/Toronto) firm of Davies, Ward & Beck. He was first elected to Parliament in the [federal election of 2000](/source/2000_Canadian_federal_election), winning a fairly easily victory over his [Canadian Alliance](/source/Canadian_Alliance) and [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) opponents in the riding of [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_(Ontario_electoral_district)). The CA and PC parties merged in late 2003, and Macklin faced a much more difficult challenge in [that year's federal election](/source/2004_Canadian_federal_election), defeating [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Doug Galt](/source/Doug_Galt) by only 313 votes.{{cite news|title=Canada Votes 2006: Northumberland - Analysis & Commentary |url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/analysiscommentary/swingridings.html |date=23 January 2006 |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=13 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505044201/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2006/analysiscommentary/swingridings.html |archivedate=May 5, 2009 }} Macklin served as [Parliamentary Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Secretary) to the [Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada](/source/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)) from February 2002 to December 2003, and was re-appointed to the position on July 20, 2004.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10456|nolist=yes}} He was defeated by [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Rick Norlock](/source/Rick_Norlock) in the 2006 election. Macklin was acclaimed as the [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) candidate for the riding of Northumberland-Quinte West for the [2008 election](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election), and was again defeated by Norlock. In July 2009, Paul Macklin announced he would not seek the Liberal nomination in Northumberland-Quinte West for the next election. The following September his successor was determined by a Liberal nomination race and Cobourg business woman Kim Rudd was chosen to succeed Macklin.{{Cite web|url=http://www.northumberlandnews.com/article/129829|title=Northumberland County Breaking News - Northumberland County's Online Newspaper|date=7 July 2023 }} Paul Macklin currently sits on the Northumberland-Quinte West Federal Liberal Association as the Policy Director, still active in politics and a key advisor to Rudd and her campaign.{{cite web |url=http://nqwliberals.ca/v2/?page_id=109 |title=Executive | |accessdate=2011-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226065449/http://nqwliberals.ca/v2/?page_id=109 |archivedate=2011-02-26 }} ==Electoral record== {{2000 Canadian federal election/Northumberland}} {{2004 Canadian federal election/Northumberland—Quinte West}} {{2006 Canadian federal election/Northumberland—Quinte West}} {{2008 Canadian federal election/Northumberland—Quinte West}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macklin, Paul}} Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:Lawyers in Ontario Category:University of Western Ontario alumni Category:University of Windsor Faculty of Law alumni Category:People from Northumberland County, Ontario Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Paul Macklin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Macklin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Macklin?action=history)). 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