Karina Gould

The Honourable Karina Gould PC MP
Gould in 2021
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office July 26, 2023
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Mark Holland
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development
In office October 26, 2021 – July 26, 2023
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Ahmed Hussen
Succeeded by	Jenna Sudds
Minister of International Development
In office November 20, 2019 – October 26, 2021
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Maryam Monsef
Succeeded by	Harjit Sajjan
Minister of Democratic Institutions
In office February 1, 2017 – November 20, 2019
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Maryam Monsef
Succeeded by	Position abolished
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
In office January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Maryam Monsef
Succeeded by	Dominic LeBlanc
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development
In office December 2, 2015 – January 10, 2017
Minister	Marie-Claude Bibeau
Preceded by	Lois Brown
Succeeded by	Celina Caesar-Chavannes
Member of Parliament for Burlington
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Mike Wallace
Personal details
Born	(1987-06-28) June 28, 1987 (age 36)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Alberto Gerones
Children	1
Residence(s)	Burlington, Ontario
Alma mater	McGill University (BA) St Hilda's College, Oxford (MPhil)
Website	kgould.liberal.ca

Karina Gould PC MP (born June 28, 1987) is a Canadian politician who has been the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons since July 26, 2023. A member of the Liberal Party, she has served as member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burlington in the House of Commons since October 19, 2015. Gould was first appointed to Cabinet on February 1, 2017 as the minister of democratic institutions, serving in the role until she was appointed as the minister of international development on November 20, 2019, and has since then served in two other portfolios. Gould is the youngest woman to serve as a Cabinet minister in Canadian history.