- Aileen Carroll
M. Aileen Carroll, PC, MPP (born
June 1 ,1944 , Halifax,Nova Scotia ) is a Canadianpolitician . Formerly federal Minister for International Cooperation in thePaul Martin government, she is now Ontario's provincial Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Seniors.As a
Member of Parliament in the House of Commons she represented the district of Barrie,Ontario . First elected to the House of Commons in 1997, Carroll was re-elected in the 2000 and 2004 general elections, but defeated in the 2006 general election. Before her election, Carroll served anAlderman (1995-1997) in Barrie. Carroll has aBachelor of Arts from St. Mary's University (1965) and aBachelor of Education fromYork University (1989). Carroll and her husband D. Kevin Carroll,Q.C. , have two grown children, Daniel and Joanna.She subsequently stood as
Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the Barrie riding for the 2007 Ontario election, and defeated incumbent MPPJoe Tascona . She was named to the provincial cabinet of PremierDalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election.Related links
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