Cheryl Gallant is an experienced member of the new generation of leadership that Canada has come to expect from Canada’s Conservative Government. In the 2000 general election, Cheryl was one of two Canadian Alliance MPs elected in the Province of Ontario, breaking an electoral stranglehold by another party that had held parts of Renfrew County for close to 70 years. She has the distinction of being the first female elected, federally or provincially to high office for the County of Renfrew.