Patricia "Bonnie" Hickey (born 5 March 1955) is a Canadian former politician. Hickey was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. Born in St. John's,

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, Hickey was elected in the 1993 federal election at the

St. John's East St. John's East (french: St. John's-Est; formerly known as St. John's North) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. It covers a part of St ...

electoral district for the

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. Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate

Norman Doyle Norman "Blicky" Doyle (born November 11, 1945) is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was a member of the Senate of Canada from 2012 to 2020 and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008. ...

in the 1997 federal election. In 1998, she lost to

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in her bid to become president of the Liberal Party. In the following year, she was employed by the province's tourism ministry as part of the staff handling the Viking anniversary and Year 2000 special events. Hickey unsuccessfully ran for the provincial

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nomination in

Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 there were 8,137 eligible voters living within the district. The district included the east end of the d ...

for the 2015 election.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hickey, Bonnie 1955 births Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Women in Newfoundland and Labrador politics