Margaret Aileen Carroll ( O'Leary; June 1, 1944 – April 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She served as a member of the

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from 1997 to 2006 who represented the ridings of

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and

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. She served in the cabinet of

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as Minister for International Cooperation. From 2007 to 2011 she was a

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member of the

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. She served in the cabinet of Premier

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Education

Carroll had a

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from Saint Mary's University (1965) and a

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from

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(1989). She was a partner in a small manufacturing and retail business.

Politics

Municipal

Carroll began her career in politics as a Barrie City councillor, representing the downtown Barrie ward.

Federal

In 1997, Carroll won the Liberal nomination for the newly created riding of

. She went on to win the 1997 election by 7,507 votes, and was re-elected again in 2000. She was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of

. Carroll served as Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003. Carroll was appointed as Minister for International Cooperation, responsible for the

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, when Paul Martin became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. She was the first, and to date only, federal cabinet minister from Barrie. She retained that portfolio until the Liberals were defeated in 2006, when she lost her seat to her 2004 challenger Patrick Brown. Carroll was a supporter of

's leadership bid leading up to the 2003 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. Carroll supported Michael Ignatieff during the

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, serving as his Ontario campaign co-chair with former

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cabinet colleague

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Cabinet positions

Provincial

In 2007, she ran as the

candidate in the provincial riding of

for the 2007 provincial election and defeated incumbent

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. She was appointed to

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of Premier

and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election. She was relieved of her cabinet posts in January 2010. In 2011, she announced she would not run for re-election in the riding of Barrie. After her term as an MPP, she continued her association with the Liberal party, serving as vice president to the Barrie riding association. In 2012, she supported

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in the 2013 leadership election.

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

Personal life

Carroll married D. Kevin Carroll in 1968. He had served as the president of the

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from 2009 to 2010. They had two grown children, Daniel and Joanna. She died on April 19, 2020, at the age of 75.CARROLL, Margaret Aileen P.C. (nee O’Leary)
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