Margaret Bloodworth,
CM (born 1949) is a
Canadian
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lawyer and civil servant. Bloodworth is the former
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to
Canadian
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Prime Minister
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Stephen Harper
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.
Born in 1949, in
Winnipeg
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,
Manitoba
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, Bloodworth is a graduate of the
University of Winnipeg
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and the
University of Ottawa
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Faculty of Law
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. She was called to the
Ontario
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Bar
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in 1979.
Previously the
Deputy Minister of the Department of
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
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and an Associate Secretary to the
Cabinet
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,
Privy Council Office, Bloodworth was appointed to her most recent position on October 10, 2006.
In 2011, she was made a Member of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the ...
.
References
*Privy Council Office (2006
Privy Council Biography of Margaret Bloodworth Retrieved March 28, 2007.
Deputy Minister of Transport Canada (Oversaw the Y2K transition).
1949 births
People from Winnipeg
University of Ottawa alumni
University of Winnipeg alumni
Living people
Members of the Order of Canada
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