Carol Louise Haley is a provincial level politician from

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, Canada. She served as a member of the

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from 1993 to 2008.

Political career

Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 per ...

. She defeated

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incumbent

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to win the new electoral district of

Three Hills-Airdrie Three Hills-Airdrie was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post method of voting from 1993 to 1997. History The Three Hills-A ...

for the Progressive Conservatives. Three Hills-Airidie was abolished due to redistribution for the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition los ...

. She ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View. Haley defeated three other candidates with a super majority. She ran for a third term in office in the

2001 Alberta general election The 2001 Alberta general election was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The incumbent Alberta Progressive Conservative Party, led by Ralph Klein, won a strong majority for its tenth consecutive term i ...

. She won with the largest win of her political career topping 70% of the popular vote. Airdrie-Rocky View was abolished due to redistribution in 2004, she ran for her last term in office in the

Airdrie-Chestermere Airdrie-Chestermere was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first-past-the-post ...

electoral district. In that election Haley faced six other candidates. She won the new district with a landslide, but her plurality was greatly reduced from her win in 2001. She did not seek re-election in the 2008 election.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1951 births Living people Politicians from Edmonton Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Women MLAs in Alberta 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub