- Penny Collenette
Penny Collenette (born
May 20 ,1950 inOakville, Ontario ) is a Canadian lawyer, professor and political figure of theLiberal Party of Canada . The wife of former LiberalMember of Parliament and cabinet ministerDavid Collenette , [cite web
url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2006/07/11/ott-collenette.html
title = Penny Collenette to seek nomination in Ottawa Centre
accessdate = 2007-08-26] she sought, and won, the Liberal nomination over community activist and businessman Scott Bradley for the riding ofOttawa Centre , which is currently held byPaul Dewar of theNew Democratic Party . [cite web
url = http://www.pennycollenette.ca/home/home_en.asp
title = Penny Collenette: Your Ottawa Centre Federal Liberal Candidate
accessdate = 2007-08-26] She was vice-chair of the human rights committee forLiberal International in 1987, and director of volunteers forJean Chrétien ’s leadership race in 1984 and campaign director in the successful 1990 bid, as well as national director and director of legal services for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1993 election. [cite web
url = http://www.media.uottawa.ca/mediaroom/news-details_175.html
title = Penny Collenette appointed Executive-in-Residence at the University of Ottawa
accessdate = 2007-08-26] She was subsequently named Director of Appointments for the Prime Minister's office, making hundreds of appointments over four years on the job. [ [http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:eZ_D3YkfGQUJ:www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm%3FPgNm%3DTCE%26Params%3DM1ARTM0011008+penny+collenette+appointments+patronage&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5] ]References
External Links
* http://www.pennycollenette.ca/
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