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Karen McCrimmon OMM CD MP (born c. 1957) is a
Canadian Forces veteran, mediator, and politician who was elected Member of Parliament for
Kanata—Carleton in the
2015 Canadian federal election. After a 31-year military career, McCrimmon retired as a
lieutenant colonel. She was the first female
navigator and the first woman to command a Canadian Forces air force squadron. She became involved in federal politics with the
Liberal Party of Canada in 2008. In 2011, she was the Liberal candidate for the federal election in the
Carleton—Mississippi Mills riding and, in 2013, she unsuccessfully bid for the
Liberal leadership.
Background
McCrimmon was born in Weston,
Ontario.
[1] Her father, Charles Martin, was a metallurgic technician employed by the A.V.Roe Company working on the
AVRO Arrow CF-105.
[2] Her mother, Isabel, emigrated from
Scotland on her own, at the age of 20. When the Arrow project was cancelled in 1959, her father found work with
Trans-Canada Airlines and moved his family to
Timmins, Ontario. In 1971, the family moved to
Windsor, Ontario.
While in high school, McCrimmon joined the
Royal Canadian Army Cadets.
[2] In 1975, she joined
The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) as a
Reservist. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Windsor in Russian and linguistics,
[1] and originally wanted to work in Canada's diplomatic corps.
[2]
McCrimmon then joined the Regular Force in 1980, and became an air navigator, the first female to gain such a qualification.
[3]
In 1995, she was made a member of the Order of Military Merit and, in 1998, was promoted lieutenant-colonel and given command of 429 Transport Squadron, becoming the first woman to command a Canadian Forces flying squadron.[3] In 2000, she headed the Transport and Rescue Standardization and Evaluation Team. In July 2006, she was posted to Ramstein, Germany to serve as a Senior Staff Officer at the NATO Air Headquarters.[3] She did a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2004 where she was responsible for NATO Airlift Co-ordination.[3] She retired from the Forces in 2006.
