Sheila Osborne is a

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politician in

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, Canada. She represented the

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of St. John's West in the

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from 1997 to 2011, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Osborne was first elected to the Newfoundland assembly in a 1997 by-election held after Liberal Rex Gibbons resigned his seat. Osborne announced in June 2011, that she would not seek re-election in October's provincial election. Her son Tom was also a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly."There are 3 sets of siblings running in the Newfoundland and Labrador election"
CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 5, 2019.

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21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Living people Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador Year of birth missing (living people) {{Newfoundland-politician-stub