Darlene Marzari (born July 6, 1943) is a former

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politician. She was elected as a Vancouver alderman under the

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banner in 1972 and remained on city council for a number of years. She served as MLA for the riding of

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in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996, as a member of the

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.Women Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In the 1986 election, she was elected alongside

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in what was then a multiple-member district. Campbell resigned in 1988 to run in the 1988 federal election, and was succeeded by Tom Perry in a 1989

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. The 1991 election was contested under new single-member boundaries. Marzari ran as the sole NDP candidate in Point Grey, while Perry moved to Vancouver-Little Mountain. Marzari was re-elected that year. She did not run in the 1996 election, and was succeeded by

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. She served in the

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under Premiers

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and

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, as Minister of Tourism, Minister Responsible for Culture and Minister of Municipal Affairs.

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