Francene Jen Cosman (born January 14, 1941) is a former nurse, businessperson and political figure in
Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia House of Assembly
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from 1993 to 1999 as a
Liberal
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member.
Cosman was born in 1941 at
Windsor, Ontario
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New Brunswick
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and continued her studies at the Margaret Hague school in
Jersey City, New Jersey
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Bedford, Nova Scotia
Bedford is a community of the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
The area of Bedford has evidence of Indigenous peoples dating back thousands of years. Petroglyphs are found at Bedford Petroglyphs National Historic ...
1993
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, defeating Progressive Conservative
Peter J. Kelly
Peter J. Kelly (born 1956 or 1957) is a municipal civil servant, businessman and former politician. Kelly is the former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, who was fired in May 2022. He is a forme ...
by 393 votes in the Bedford-Fall River riding. A backbench member of the John Savage government, she served as Deputy Speaker. When
Russell MacLellan
Russell Gregoire MacLellan (born January 16, 1940) is a Canadian politician who served as the 24th premier of Nova Scotia from 1997 to 1999.
Early life
MacLellan was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Federal politics
He was first elected to the Hou ...
took over as premier in July 1997, he appointed Cosman to the
Executive Council of Nova Scotia
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Almost always made up of members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, the Cabinet is sim ...
as Minister of Community Services. Cosman was re-elected in the 1998 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie by 313 votes. She retained the community services portfolio in a post-election cabinet shuffle, but was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Human Resources when MacLellan shuffled his cabinet in December 1998. Cosman did not reoffer in the 1999 election.