15 Facts About Shelly Glover

Shelly A Glover was born on January 2,1967 and is a former member of the Winnipeg Police Service and former politician.

Shelly Glover was on leave of absence from the police force while serving in Ottawa.

Shelly Glover is fluent in both English and French, and self-identifies as a Manitoba Metis.

Shelly Glover is married to Bruce, a retired police officer and small business owner; they have five children.

Shelly Glover thereby became the first policewoman to become a Member of Parliament in Canadian history.

On November 7,2008, Shelly Glover was named Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Shelly Glover was re-elected in a rematch with Simard in the 2011 election, the first time in the riding's history that a centre-right MP had been reelected.

Shelly Glover failed to file documents related to the 2011 election campaign.

On July 22,2014, it was reported in the media that Shelly Glover's staffers had attempted to remove the controversial election spending information from her Wikipedia page.

In July 2013, it was reported that Shelly Glover had filed a revised return, which Elections Canada accepted.

Shelly Glover's campaign acknowledged that, as a result of "inadvertence and an honest misunderstanding of what constitutes an election expense," it exceeded the legal limit by $2,267.

Shelly Glover promised to make up for the overspend by a corresponding underspend in the next election, and was not penalised.

Shelly Glover was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages on July 15,2013.

Shelly Glover lost the party leadership election by 363 votes.

On March 12,2025, Shelly Glover announced that she would be planning to create her own new center-right party to rival the PC's and take a more moderate stance.