Sheila Barbara Embury (June 6, 1931 – August 1, 2005) was a former nurse and provincial level politician from

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Early life

Sheila Barbara Pease was born on June 6, 1931. She graduated from the

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with a nurses degree in 1971. Sheila was married to David Embury who came west from Ontario to work for Shell Canada. They lived in Saskatchewan and Alberta settling in Calgary in 1969. Sheila had two children. Lynn and James (Jim). She was elected for two terms as a Progressive Conservative in the Alberta legislature. Following her retirement from politics Sheila served on various government boards.

Political career

Embury was elected to the

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after winning the new Calgary North West electoral district in the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in g ...

. She picked up the riding for the Progressive Conservatives winning handily over Social Credit candidate Harold Gunderson. Embury ran for a second term in office in the

1982 Alberta general election The 1982 Alberta general election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Less than four years had passed since the Progressive Conservatives won their landslide victory in 1979. Premier Peter Lou ...

. She won re-election in a landslide winning a margin of almost 10,000 votes over the second place challenger. During her time in office she served on the Members’ Services; Private Bills; Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing; Public Accounts; and Public Affairs and the Select Special Committee to Examine the Role of Upper House in Canadian Federal System. In 2000 Sheila was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer which she died from on August 1, 2005.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
1931 births 2005 deaths Deaths from multiple myeloma Politicians from Calgary University of Alberta alumni Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Women MLAs in Alberta 20th-century Canadian women politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub