OGGO Member Biographies

Kelly McCauley - Chair 
CPC – Edmonton West, Alberta

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2015
• Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Prior to politics, spent 30+ years managing hotels and convention centres across Canada.
• In Edmonton: has served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Northlands, the board of the Alberta Aviation Museum, was Chairperson of the EI Board of Referees for Edmonton and Northern Alberta and was a founding co-chair of the Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels.

Committee Membership

• Chair: Government Operations and Estimates (2022-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (2022-present)
• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2020; 2022-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (2016-2019; 2020-present); Liaison (2022-present); Subcommittee on Committee Budgets of the Liaison Committee (2025-present); Public Accounts (2022-2025); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (2022-2025)

Iqra Khalid – Vice-Chair
LPC – Mississauga—Erin Mills, Ontario

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2015
• Re-elected: 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Worked for the City of Mississauga’s legal department.
• Studied criminology at York University and completed her law degree at the University of Michigan.

Committee Membership

• Vice-Chair: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Status of Women (2025-present); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2023)
• Member: Public Accounts (2023-2025); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2025); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2021-2023); Scrutiny of Regulations (2021-2022)

Marie-Hélène Gaudreau – Vice-Chair
BQ – Laurentides—Labelle, Quebec

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2019
• Re-elected: 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Before entering politics, served as the director general of the Haut-Laurentides Community Development Corporation, a group of community health and social service organizations.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

• Caucus Chair (2021-2025)

Committee Membership

• Vice-Chair: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Veterans Affairs (2025-present)
• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Veterans Affairs (2025-present); Procedure and House Affairs (2022-2025); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2022-2025); Subcommittee on Private Members' Business of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (2022-2025); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2020-2021)

Kelly Block 
CPC – Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Saskatchewan

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2008
• Re-elected: 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Prior to being elected as a Member of Parliament, Kelly served on the town council of Waldheim, Saskatchewan for three terms, serving two of those terms as Mayor.
• Former member of the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority and the Director of Administration at Forest Grove Community Church.

Committee Membership

• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2022-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (2011-2013; 2022-present); Procedure and House Affairs (2008-2009; 2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (2008-2009; 2022); Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (2009-2011)

Vince Gasparro
LPC – Eglinton—Lawrence, Ontario

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Previously Head of Sustainable Finance at Scotiabank’s Roynat Capital and Vancity, financing clean energy projects in Canada.
• Served as Principal Secretary to Toronto Mayor John Tory and as Special Assistant to Prime Minister Paul Martin.
• Served on the boards of directors of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, Postmedia Network, World Wildlife Fund Canada, and Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Combatting Crime) (2025-present)

Committee Membership

• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present)

Tamara Jansen
CPC – Cloverdale—Langley City, British Columbia

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2019
• Re-elected: 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

Owned and operated a large plant nursery in Langley prior to entering politics.

Committee Membership

• Member: COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Finance (2020-2021); Health (2020)

Jeremy Patzer
CPC – Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley, Saskatchewan

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2019
• Re-elected: 2021, 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Worked with Sasktel (Saskatchewan telecoms crown corporation) in communications for nearly 10 years.
• Previously served on the Board of Directors for the Conservative Party Constituency Association in his area.

Committee Membership

• Member: COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Industry and Technology (2024-2025); Industry, Science and Technology (2020); International Trade (2021-2022); Natural Resources (2020-2021; 2022-2025); Public Accounts (2022); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (2022)

Pauline Rochefort
LPC – Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ontario

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Served two terms as Mayor of East Ferris (2018–2025), where she championed investments in community facilities, roads, broadband, and municipal services.
• Extensive experience in business and economic development, holding senior positions at the Business Development Bank of Canada and serving as President and CEO of the Canadian Wood Council, advocating for Canadian forestry and manufacturing interests on the global stage.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (Rural Development) (2025-present)

Committee Membership

• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present)

The Honourable Jenna Sudds
LPC – Kanata, Ontario

Election to the House of Commons

• Elected: 2021
• Re-elected: 2025

Personal/Professional Background

• Elected in 2018 as City Councillor for Kanata North.
• Spent twelve years working as an economist in the Federal Government, leaving in 2013 to pursue directorship opportunities in the technology sector.

Political and Parliamentary Roles

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and to the Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) (2025-present)
• Former Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2023-2025)

Committee Membership

• Member: Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (2025-present); Status of Women (2021-2023)