Mary Collins, (born September 26, 1940) is a

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former politician. She was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 federal election as the Progressive Conservative

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for Capilano,

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. She retained her seat in the 1988 federal election for the redistributed riding of

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. She was appointed to the

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Brian Mulroney as

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from 1989 to 1993. She also served as Minister responsible for the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993. In January 1993, she became Minister of Western Economic Diversification and

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for the environment as well as Status of Women. When

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succeeded Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister in June 1993, she promoted Collins to the positions of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Amateur Sport. Her career ended that fall with the defeat of the Campbell government in the 1993 federal election, After leaving politics, Collins was President of the BC Health Association. She served as an honorary co-chair of the women's campaign school of the Canadian Women Voters Congress and as a consultant in promoting women's political development in

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and Mongolia. She then spent five years in

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(2002-2007) working on a health reform project in Chuvashia and for the World Health Organization in Moscow. As of March 2008, she became the Executive Director of the BC Alliance for Healthy Living until her retirement in March 2018. She lives in Victoria, BC, where she serves as a member of the Saanich Police Board and is also a member of the Pacific Opera Victoria Board and the Boards of the Canadian International Council Victoria Chapter, the BC Association of Police Boards as well as Goward House. She holds honorary doctorate degrees from Royal Roads University and Royal Roads Military College and is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Queen's University and was the inaugural recipient of the Kathleen Beaumont Hill award given by the Vancouver Queen's University Alumni. She also has received the Queen's Jubilee Award.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Mary 1940 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Academic staff of the Royal Roads University Women government ministers of Canada Women in British Columbia politics Canadian Ministers of Health and Welfare Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry Members of the 25th Canadian Ministry Women members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century Canadian women politicians