Laila Goodridge

Laila Goodridge
MP
Member of Parliament
for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byDavid Yurdiga
Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche
(Fort McMurray-Conklin; 2018–2019)
In office
July 12, 2018 – August 15, 2021
Preceded byBrian Jean
Succeeded byBrian Jean (2022)
Personal details
Born1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative (federal)
United Conservative (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		Wildrose (provincial, before 2017)
Alma materUniversity of Alberta (Campus Saint-Jean)

Laila Goodridge MP is a Canadian politician in Alberta, Canada, who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Fort McMurray—Cold Lake from the Conservative Party since 2021.

Goodridge served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche from 2018 to 2021. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the Fort McMurray-Conklin by-election on July 12, 2018. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Francophonie on June 23, 2019.[1]

In August 2021 Goodridge resigned as MLA to successfully run as the Conservative Party's MP candidate in Fort McMurray—Cold Lake MP in the 2021 Canadian federal election. She is currently the Conservative Party's shadow minister for addictions[2] after serving as shadow minister for families, children and social development.[3]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Laine (June 23, 2019). "Alberta government makes new role to aid Francophonie". CTV News. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ^ McDermott, Vincent. "Goodridge named critic for addictions in Tory shadow cabinet". Fort McMurray Today. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
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