- Karen Redman
Infobox CanadianMP | name=Karen Redman
term_start=1997
term_end=
predecessor=John English
birth_date= birth date and age |1953|1|8
birth_place=Kitchener, Ontario
successor=
death_date=
death_place=
profession=
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=
riding=Kitchener Centre
footnotes=
term_start2=
term_end2=
predecessor2=
successor2=
spouse=Warren Redman
residence=Kitchener
religion=Presbyterian |Karen Redman, LIB (born Karen Longo,
January 8 ,1953 , in Kitchener,Ontario ) is a Canadianpolitician . She has been a member of theCanadian House of Commons since 1997, representing the riding ofKitchener Centre for the Liberal Party. She served as Chief Government Whip in the 2004-05 Parliament, and is now the Chief Official Opposition Whip.After completing high school at Eastwood Collegiate, Redman went on to graduate from the
University of Waterloo , receiving aBachelor of Arts degree in English in 1974. She subsequently worked as a writer, and was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Learning Disabilities Association and the Canadian Federation of University Women. She has been an elder in Kitchener's St. Andrew'sPresbyterian Church since 1991.Redman served as a trustee on the Waterloo County Board of Education from 1988 to 1994, and was a councillor for the City of Kitchener and the
Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario from 1994 to 1997.She was first elected to parliament in the federal election of 1997, defeating former Progressive Conservative MP
John Reimer by over 10,000 votes. She was re-elected by comfortable margins in the elections of 2000, 2004, and 2006.Redman served as
parliamentary secretary to the Minister of the Environment from 2000 to 2003. She was named Chief Government Whip onJuly 20 ,2004 . Following the Liberal defeat in the 2006 election, she was named Chief Opposition Whip.External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=c18998a2-e425-42bc-a39f-0e59d383c569&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]
Persondata
NAME=Redman, Karen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Longo, Karen (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=January 8 ,1953
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kitchener,Ontario ,Canada
DATE OF DEATH=living
PLACE OF DEATH=
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