Carol Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

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. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Legislative Assembly of Alberta

The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is one of two components of the Legislature of Alberta, the other being the Queen, represented by the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta. The Alberta legislature meets in the Alberta Legislature Building in the provincial capital, Edmonton...

 from 1993 to 2008.

Political career

Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1993

The Alberta general election of 1993 was the twenty-third general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on June 15, 1993 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta...

. She defeated Liberal

Alberta Liberal Party

The Alberta Liberal Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Originally founded in 1905, when the province was created, it was the dominant political party until 1921 when it was defeated. It has never been in government since that time...

 incumbent Don MacDonald

Don MacDonald

Donald "Don" MacDonald is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1992 to 1993.-Political career:...

 to win the new electoral district of Three Hills-Airdrie

Three Hills-Airdrie

Three Hills-Airdrie is a former provincial electoral district that existed from 1993 to 1997. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.-Members of the Legislative Assembly :-Boundary history:...

 for the Progressive Conservatives.

Three Hills-Airidie was abolished due to redistribution for the 1997 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 1997

The Alberta general election of 1997 was the twenty-fourth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 11, 1997 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. She ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View

Airdrie-Rocky View

Airdrie-Rocky View was a provincial electoral district in central southern Alberta, Canada. The riding was created in 1997 when Airdrie-Three Hills split...

. Haley defeated three other candidates with a super majority. She ran for a third term in office in the 2001 Alberta general election

Alberta general election, 2001

The Alberta general election of 2001 was the twenty-fifth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on March 12, 2001 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

. She won with the largest win of her political career topping 70% of the popular vote.

Airdrie-Rocky View was abolished due to redistribution in 2004, she ran for her last term in office in the Airdrie-Chestermere

Airdrie-Chestermere

Airdrie-Chestermere is a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. It is mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of voting....

 electoral district. In that election Haley faced six other candidates. She won the new district with a landslide, but her plurality was greatly reduced from her win in 2001. She did not seek re-election in the 2008 election.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing