Bev Shipley

Beverly Shipley
Shipley in 2017
Member of Parliament
for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
In office
January 23, 2006 – September 11, 2019
Preceded byRose-Marie Ur
Succeeded byLianne Rood
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Agriculture
In office
October 24, 2013 – August 2, 2015
MinisterGerry Ritz
Preceded byMerv Tweed
Succeeded byPat Finnigan
Personal details
Born (1947-06-22) June 22, 1947 (age 77)
Middlesex Centre, Ontario, Canada
Political partyConservative
SpouseBarb Shipley
ResidenceMiddlesex, Ontario

Beverly Shipley (born June 22, 1947) is a retired Canadian politician in Ontario who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Lambton—Kent—Middlesex from 2006 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party.

Shipley ran in the 2004 election for the Conservatives in Lambton—Kent—Middlesex but lost to incumbent Rose-Marie Ur of the Liberal Party of Canada by only 164 votes. Shipley won the seat in 2006 after Ur did not seek re-election, and was re-elected in 2008, 2011, and 2015. Shipley announced on July 9, 2018, that he would not be running in the 2019 federal election.