Margaret Bridgman

Margaret Bridgman
Member of Parliament for Surrey North
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	Jim Karpoff
Succeeded by	Chuck Cadman
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1940 Kimberley, British Columbia
Died	January 4, 2009[1] Surrey, British Columbia[1]
Political party	Reform Party of Canada
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia
Occupation	Police constable, nurse, and nurse administrator

Margaret L. Bridgman (January 10, 1940 – January 4, 2009) was a Canadian politician. Bridgman was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 1997, representing the Canadian, federal electoral district of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia.

Born in Kimberley, British Columbia, she was elected to Parliament for Surrey North in the 1993 election as a candidate of the Reform Party of Canada.

In 2001, Bridgman unsuccessfully ran for the Reform Party of British Columbia in the riding of Surrey-Newton.

Before entering politics, Brigdman was a police constable, a nurse, and a nurse administrator.^[2]

As a young woman, Bridgman lived and worked in London as a police constable (traffic bobby). Subsequently, she trained in London as a psychiatric nurse, becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) and a Psychiatric Nurse (PN) before returning to Canada. Bridgman went on to earn the Director of Nursing designation from the University of Saskatchewan, rising to become a nurse administrator.^[1]

In September 1993, the designated Reform Party candidate for Surrey North resigned his nomination. Bridgman was President of the Surrey North Reform Party Constituency Association, and she was selected to run as the Reform Party candidate. On October 25, 1993, Margaret Bridgman was elected the Member of Parliament for Surrey North, unseating the incumbent with a plurality of 6413 votes.^[3]

Bridgman served as the Reform Party Critic on Health and Assistant Critic on Indian Affairs and Northern Development. She sat as the Reform Party member of the Standing Committees on Health and on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, during the 35th Parliament.^[2]

In 1997, Bridgman was successfully challenged for the Reform Party nomination by Chuck Cadman who ran as the Reform Party Surrey North candidate, and won the seat in the 1997 Canadian federal election. Bridgman did not run, again, in a federal election.

Following the 1997 election, Bridgman returned to nursing in Surrey, British Columbia. After a sustained battle with lung cancer, Margaret Bridgman died at home on January 4, 2009.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Obituary: "Margaret L. Bridgman," The Province (Vancouver), January 20, 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Federal Experience," Parliament of Canada biography.
3. ^ "History of Federal Ridings since 1867," Parliament of Canada.

External links

• Margaret Bridgman - Parliament of Canada biography
• "Margaret Bridgman," Member's Statement by James Rajotte, M.P., House of Commons Debates Vol. 144, No. 3, 40th Parl., 2nd Sess. (28 Jan 09).

Persondata
Name	Bridgman, Margareg
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 10, 1940
Place of birth	Kimberley, British Columbia
Date of death	January 4, 2009
Place of death	Surrey, British Columbia