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Carol Louise Haley

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Carol Haley
MLA for Three Hills-Airdrie
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
MLA for Airdrie-Rocky View
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
MLA for Airdrie-Chestermere
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byRob Anderson
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) September 18, 1951 (age 73)
Edmonton, Alberta
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Carol Louise Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2008.[1]

Political career

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Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. She defeated Liberal incumbent Don MacDonald to win the new electoral district of Three Hills-Airdrie for the Progressive Conservatives.[2]

Three Hills-Airidie was abolished due to redistribution for the 1997 Alberta general election. She ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View. Haley defeated three other candidates with a super majority.[3] She ran for a third term in office in the 2001 Alberta general election.[4] She won with the largest win of her political career topping 70% of the popular vote.

Airdrie-Rocky View was abolished due to redistribution in 2004, she ran for her last term in office in the Airdrie-Chestermere electoral district. In that election Haley faced six other candidates. She won the new district with a landslide, but her plurality was greatly reduced from her win in 2001.[5] She did not seek re-election in the 2008 election.

References

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  1. ^ Lumley, E. (2003). "Canadian Who's Who: With Which is Incorporated "Canadian Men and Women of the Time"". The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802088659. ISSN 0068-9963. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  2. ^ "Three Hills-Airdrie results 1993". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. ^ "Airdrie_Rocky View results 1997". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  4. ^ "Airdrie_Rocky View results 2001". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  5. ^ "Airdrie-Chestermere Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
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