Paul Harold Macklin (born May 22, 1944 in Northumberland County, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Northumberland—Quinte West for the Liberal Party.
Macklin has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, and a law degree from the University of Windsor. After being called to the bar, Macklin worked for the Toronto firm of Davies, Ward & Beck.
He was first elected to parliament in the federal election of 2000, winning a fairly easily victory over his Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative opponents in the old riding of Northumberland. The CA and PC parties merged in late 2003, and Macklin faced a much more difficult challenge in that year's federal election, defeating Conservative Doug Galt by only 313 votes. He is one of the few Liberal MPs to hold a rural seat in eastern Ontario.
Macklin served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice from February 2002 to December 2003, and was re-appointed to the position on July 20, 2004.
