Debby Carlson (born April 5, 1957) is a former

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MLA in

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, who represented the electoral district of Edmonton Ellerslie from 1993 to 2004. Carlson won her seat in southeast

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's Ellerslie area, and held it in the 1993, 1997, and 2001 elections until 2004 when she won a highly contested federal

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nomination in the Edmonton Strathcona riding. In 2004, Carlson was unsuccessful in her campaign against

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incumbent

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, where she placed second. She was Deputy Leader of the Opposition and was once a star player in the Alberta Liberal Party, but then took a position as environmental critic. She is married to Mike Percy, the former Liberal MLA for

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(1993–1997), and Dean of the Alberta School of Business at the

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