The MPs we interviewed pursued a range of jobs and professions before entering federal politics. Below is a sample of these Parliamentarians’ previous careers:
| Newspaper editor |
High school principal |
Historian |
| Priest |
Academic |
Electrician |
| Municipal councillor |
Accountant |
U.S. Army member |
| Teacher |
Engineer |
Police officer |
| Political assistant |
Sales manager |
Law school dean |
| Consultant |
United Church minister |
Grand Chief |
| Small business manager |
CEO |
Nurse |
| Public servant |
Union leader |
Bank manager |
| CFO |
Farmer |
Community activist |
| Professor |
Lab technician |
Lawyer |
| Canadian Air Force member |
Subarctic research lab director |
Insurance broker |
| Provincial cabinet minister |
Cook |
Quality assurance engineer |
| Mayor |
Probation officer |
Director of child and family services |
| NGO executive |
Air traffic controller |
School board trustee |
| Journalist |
University president |
University vice president |
| Social worker |
Radio station manager |
Community college administrator |