Linda West is a Canadian administrator, activist and politician. She has been a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba. She is also known for her involvements in several volunteering organizations like Rotary Club of Parry sound, Habitat for Humanity, Community Business and Development Centre, The Parry Sound Area Founders Circle etc. She received the Order of Parry Sound in 2020 for community services and supports during the COVID-19 pandemic. As on 2021, she is known for serving as the president of Rotary Club of Parry Sound. Education West has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laurentian University and a Master of Business Administration specializing in Health Care from the University of Toronto. She also holds a Ph.D. from Washington International University, an unaccredited institution incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Career West was executive director of the James Bay General Hospital from 1992 to 1995, and of the Winnipeg River Health District from 1995 to 1997. From 1997 to 2000, she was executive director of labour relations for Manitoba Health. She has also been a health policy consultant for the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, and has taught nursing and business at the University of Manitoba. In 2003, West helped organize a conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba on the role of women in politics. She received a Women of Distinction Award from the Winnipeg YMCA-YWCA in 2004, and was later chosen as the local director of Equal Voice, a group that promotes the increased participation of women in political life. West authored the Trends and Issues in Health Care. In 2006, she helped organize a rebuilding effort in New Orleans for Habitat For Humanity. In July 2007, West was hired as executive director for employment services in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region's Human Resources Department. She was named acting vice-president of Human Resources in August of the same year, and became vice-president in December. West left employment with the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region on 21 February 2008. West also became vice-president of Human Resources with a recruitment agency that provides Canadian placements to migrant workers from the Philippines, in 2007. She argued in 2008 that Canada needs overseas recruitment to counter a domestic labour shortage. West co-founded Actyl Group, a human resource recruitment agency. She serves as the company president. West returned to the University of Manitoba in 2015 to teach in the