Joy Langan (23 January 1943 – 30 July 2009)
. 31 July 2009. was a member of the House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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from 1988 to 1993. Her background was in journalism, writing and social activism.
She was elected in the 1988 federal election, representing the Mission—Coquitlam
Mission—Coquitlam was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997.
This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Mission—Port Moody riding.
It was abol ...
electoral district
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for the New Democratic Party
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. She served in the 34th Canadian Parliament
The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988, until September 8, 1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21, 1988, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it wa ...
but lost to Daphne Jennings of the Reform Party in the 1993 federal election. She also campaigned unsuccessfully in the 1997 federal election in the Port Moody—Coquitlam
Port Moody—Coquitlam (formerly known as Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004 and since 2015.
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riding.
Death
Langan was diagnosed with breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ...
and died after a battle with the disease in Port Moody, British Columbia
Port Moody is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It envelops the east end of Burrard Inlet and is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south a ...
on 30 July 2009, aged 66.
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1943 births
2009 deaths
Canadian women journalists
Deaths from breast cancer in Canada
Journalists from British Columbia
New Democratic Party MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Women in British Columbia politics
Deaths from cancer in British Columbia
20th-century Canadian women politicians
Canadian women non-fiction writers
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