Joan Marie Aylward was a
Canadian
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politician, who sat in the
Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Build ...
from 1996 to 2003 as a member of the
Liberals. She represented the electoral district of
St. John's Centre
St. John’s Centre is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Much of the former district of St. John's Centre was renamed St. John's East in 1996. As of 2011 there were 7,846 eligible vote ...
.
She was educated at the General Hospital School of Nursing, completing her nursing degree at
Memorial University
Memorial University of Newfoundland, also known as Memorial University or MUN (), is a public university in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, based in St. John's, with satellite campuses in Corner Brook, elsewhere in Newfoundland and ...
.
[ Aylward was an intensive care nurse at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital. From 1984 to 1990, she served on the faculty for the St. Clare's School of Nursing. Aylward served five years as president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union.]
References
Living people
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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