Mel Arnold | |
Riding: | North Okanagan—Shuswap |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Colin Mayes |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Notch Hill, Blind Bay, British Columbia |
Party: | Conservative |
Residence: | Salmon Arm, British Columbia |
Mel Arnold (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of North Okanagan—Shuswap during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Arnold was active on the boards of local service clubs, including the BC Wildlife Federation and Canadian Wildlife Federation, where he held the role of President for two terms. Before serving as a member of Parliament, he served on his Salmon Arm's environmental advisory council for eight years. In 2010 was appointed to the B.C. government's Species at Risk Task Force.[3]
Arnold voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.[4]