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Khristinn Kellie Leitch (born July 30, 1970) was elected in the 2011 federal election. She succeeded Member of Parliament Helena Guergis, who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election, Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15, 2013, Prime Minister Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women. Leitch is considered a potential candidate for party leader following the defeat of the Conservative Government and resignation of Stephen Harper. 〔http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-chris-hall-harper-succession-1.3278943〕 == Training and medical career == Leitch was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of Eleanor Lynne (Conway) and Kelburne "Kit" McNabb Leitch, who owned and operated a construction company.〔http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/2052488-who-is-kellie-leitch-/〕〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/shes-so-young-to-take-on-the-leadership-role/article4289719/〕〔()〕 She graduated from Queen's University in 1991 with an undergraduate degree.〔 〕 She earned her MD from the University of Toronto in 1994, MBA from Dalhousie University in 1998, and completed the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program in 2001 at the University of Toronto. She became a fellow of clinical paediatric orthopaedics at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles/University of Southern California in 2002.〔 Leitch previously taught at the University of Western Ontario, where she served as the assistant dean of external affairs at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the chair of paediatric surgery at the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. In 2005, she was named one of Canada's Top 40 under 40.〔 She is an orthopaedic pediatric surgeon at SickKids Hospital. Leitch is also an associate professor at the University of Toronto.〔 Leitch was the founding chair of the Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership and led the health sector stream of the MBA programme at the Richard Ivey School of Business located at the University of Western Ontario. Leitch also founded the Kids Health Foundation in 2009, an organization that seeks to work with academia, the not-for-profit sector, government and industry to make Canada the healthiest place on earth for children to grow-up.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kellie Leitch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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