1. Tracy Gray served in both the 43rd and 44th Canadian Parliaments as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
29 Facts About Tracy Gray
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Tracy Gray served in senior managerial capacities at several breweries and wineries in the Okanagan Valley, including Mission Hill Winery and Granville Island Brewing.
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Tracy Gray ran the Retail and Hospitality department at Mission Hill when it was awarded the International Wine and Spirit Competition Avery Trophy for Best Chardonnay in the World.
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In 2003, Tracy Gray launched a chain of VQA wine stores in the British Columbia Interior.
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Tracy Gray has guest lectured at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and Okanagan College about entrepreneurship and has been an advocate and mentor for women in business.
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Tracy Gray hosted a weekly wine lifestyle segment on Global Okanagan and has served as a judge at several international wine competitions.
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Tracy Gray was a director on the Okanagan Film Commission, an organization that promotes regional economic development in film and animation.
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Tracy Gray was a board member for Prospera Credit Union.
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Tracy Gray was on the board when Prospera merged with Westminster Savings, the largest credit union merger in Canadian history, making the new organization the 6th largest credit union in Canada.
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Tracy Gray served as a director on the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.
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Tracy Gray was appointed by British Columbia's cabinet to serve on the Passenger Transportation Board.
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Tracy Gray was elected as a Kelowna City Councillor following the 2014 municipal election.
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Tracy Gray was appointed as a Trustee on the Okanagan Regional Library board.
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Tracy Gray served at the regional government level as a director on the Central Okanagan Regional District board.
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Tracy Gray won the contested nomination on April 6,2019.
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Tracy Gray is the first woman to be elected as a Member of Parliament for the riding.
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Tracy Gray was named to the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet in November 2019 as Shadow Minister for Interprovincial Trade.
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Tracy Gray was re-elected for a second term in September 2021.
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Tracy Gray was appointed vice-chair of the Committee on Human Resources, Skills and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
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Tracy Gray has advocated in Parliament for the federal government to do their part to complete the Okanagan Rail Trail, a multi-use path crossing the Okanagan region converting the former Okanagan Valley Railway.
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Tracy Gray has written to the federal government and has asked numerous questions seeking updates on the completion of this addition-to-reserve process.
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Tracy Gray supported an updated bill to ban conversion therapy in Canada which passed unanimously in Parliament, Bill C-4, stating that this revised legislation addressed her concerns from the previous iteration.
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Tracy Gray successfully advocated for the full re-opening of the Kelowna International Airport to international flights in November 2021.
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Tracy Gray has advocated for the expansion of passport services offered in the Okanagan, requesting the federal government allow Kelowna's passport office to provide urgent, same-day passport pick-up.
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Tracy Gray jointly seconded a number of Private Member's Bills such as C-321, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, C-323, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, and C-389, Improving Accessibility to Automated External Defibrillators Act.
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Tracy Gray was born in Edmonton and grew up in Lethbridge, moving to Kelowna in 1989.
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Tracy Gray is a graduate of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary.
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Tracy Gray has volunteered in Rutland's annual fall and spring cleanups and served food with Kelowna's Gospel Missions.
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In 2006, Tracy Gray was named RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.