Siobhán Coady

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Siobhán Coady (born Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada) is a businessperson and politician from the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Coady ran unsuccessfully in the 2004 for the Liberal party for the riding of St. John's South in the Canada general election of 2004.

In 2004 Coady was voted one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada. Coady is the CEO of Newfound Genomics, Bonaventure Fisheries and The Clinical Trials Centre, a medical research company. Coady is a popular political commentator for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a business columnist for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent newspaper.

Coady is an active volunteer and serves on many community organizations:

Past chair of the regional economic development board
Past chair of the Newfoundland and Labrador Business Hall of Fame
Past campaign chair of the Red Cross.
Advisor to the St. John's Airport Authority
Advisor to The Genesis Centre
Advisor to the Atlantic Innovation Council
Public representative on the Institute of Chartered Accountants Newfoundland.

Coady has received awards for her business and community actives:

1993 president of the St. John's Board of Trade
1994 recipient of the Harvey Webber Award from Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce in recognition of her outstanding service in strengthening the chamber movement in Atlantic Canada.
2003 chair and governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
2003 recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal
2004 ambassador, Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador.

In the 2004 federal election, Coady ran for the Canadian House of Commons, representing the Liberal Party of Canada in St. John's South, but lost to Loyola Hearn of the Conservative Party of Canada. Coady received 11,879 votes to Hearn's 13,330. Coady also ran in the 2006 federal election, also in St. John's South—Mount Pearl. She was defeated once again, receiving 12,293 votes to Hearn's 16,644 votes.