Kelly Block was first elected to the House of Commons representing the riding of Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar on October 14, 2008 and was re-elected on May 2, 2011. She was elected as the MP for the newly created riding of Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek in 2015 and again in 2019 and 2021.
Kelly has served on several standing Committees, over the past 14 years, as well as Special Committees including the Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women and the Special Subcommittee on a Code of Conduct for Members.
In 2010, she was voted the ‘Rising Star’ by her colleagues in the Maclean’s annual Parliamentarian of the Year Awards.
Kelly served as the Chair of the Saskatchewan Conservative Caucus between 2011 and 2013.
In September of 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Kelly to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources. As Parliamentary Secretary, Kelly played an important legislative role in overseeing the passing of the Offshore Health and Safety Act, the Energy Safety and Security Act, and the Pipeline Safety Act.
Since 2015, Kelly has played an active role in the Conservative Party caucus including serving as the shadow minister for Transport, the shadow minister of Government Services and Procurement Canada, as well as on various standing committees of the House of Commons.
Prior to being elected as a Member of Parliament, Kelly served on the town council of Waldheim, Saskatchewan for three terms, serving two of those terms as Mayor. At the same time, she was a member of the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority and the Director of Administration at Forest Grove Community Church.
Kelly and her husband Milton have four children and eleven grandchildren.
