Rosemary Godin is a former

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politician and current writer and Christian minister. She was elected to the

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in the 1998 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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(NDP). She served for one term before she was defeated in the 1999 election. Following her defeat, she became disillusioned with the NDP and left the party. In the 2003 provincial election, she ran as a

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in the riding of Dartmouth North and lost to incumbent NDP

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. Godin is a graduate of

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with a degree in Communication Arts and a graduate of

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in Hamilton with a BA in English. A long-time advocate for single parents and the poor, she entered the

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in 2004 to study theology; she received an M.Div and was ordained by the

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in 2009. Godin continues to write for newspapers and magazines and is a full-time ordained minister with the United Church of Canada in Sydney,

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Electoral record

1999 general election

1998 general election

References

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