Linda Sloan (born June 27, 1960) is a
Canadian politician and municipal councillor in
Edmonton, Alberta.
Sloan graduated from the
Foothills Hospital School of Nursing in 1982 and began work as a
registered nurse
A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated or successfully passed a nursing program from a recognized nursing school and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar government-authorized licensing body to o ...
.
[City of Edmonton]
/ref> She soon became involved in the Staff Nurses Associations of Alberta (which she led from 1992 until 1997), the National Federation of Nurses Unions, and the Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territ ...
.Edmonton Riverview
Edmonton Riverview is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting.
Created in the 1997 boundary red ...
as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Alberta. She defeated her closest rival, Progressive Conservative Gwen Harris by more than 900 votes.
While in the legislature, Sloan served as Liberal opposition critic for social services, child welfare, and disability programs. In this capacity, she supported extending adoption rights to same-sex couples and sponsored a private member's bill calling for the creation of a children's advocate who would report directly to the legislature.
When Liberal leader Grant Mitchell resigned in 1998, Sloan became one of four candidates to replace him. Nancy MacBeth
Nancy MacBeth ( Elliott; born December 29, 1948) is a Canadian politician who was the leader of the Alberta Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2001. She was the first female opposition leader in the province's history.
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won on the first ballot.
Sloan declined to seek re-election in 2001, and ran for city council in 2004. She finished second of nine candidates in Ward 1 (behind incumbent councillor and Sloan's former Liberal caucus colleague Karen Leibovici) and was elected. While on city council, she has served as councillor responsible for the Senior Citizens portfolio.
Linda Sloan is married with two children.City of Edmonton
References
External links
Linda Sloan profile Edmonton City Council
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1960 births
Living people
Alberta Liberal Party MLAs
Women municipal councillors in Canada
Edmonton city councillors
People from Perth County, Ontario
Women MLAs in Alberta