Kathleen Kershaw

Kathleen Casandra Kershaw ( Manning; born February 1, 1961) is a Canadian politician who has been a Member of the House of Commons for Iowa since 1992, and she has also been the Deputy Leader of the Canadian National Party since 1995.

Birth and Family
Kathleen Casandra Kershaw was born in the MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center in West Des Moines, on 19 February 1961. She is the second eldest of four daughters born to Shane Manning (née Jennings, born 1936), a psychiatrist, and Daniel L. Manning (born 1932), a cardiologist. She would end up growing up in West Des Moines.

Education
Kershaw attended Westridge Elementary from 1965 to 1972, Stilwell Junior High School from 1972 to 1974, Valley Southwoods Freshman High School from 1975 to 1976, and then Valley High School from 1977 to 1980. She later studied law at Grinnell College, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 1984 and a Diploma in Legal Practice the following year. During her time at the Grinnell College she was active as a member of the Grinnell College Campus Progressives and the Grinnell College Student Government Association.

Following her graduation, Kershaw completed her legal traineeship at in 1987. Afterwards, she worked for Brooks Law Firm in Davenport until her election to the House of Commons in 1992.

Personal Life
Kathleen and her husband Todd Kershaw, another lawyer from Iowa, have been together since 1980 but got engaged in 1984 and have been married since 1986. They have one son together named Gary (b. 1988). Gary is named after Todd's maternal grandfather.