Dianne Brushett is a Canadian

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 politician.

Brushett is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada

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 and a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons

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, representing the riding of Cumberland—Colchester from 1993 to 1997. She served as the Atlantic Regional Assistant Whip while in Parliament. Brushett is divorced and has two children, Sean Brushett and Samara Brushett Richardson. She co-founded and managed Dominion Biologicals Ltd. until 1990. She has her Master's degree in Atlantic Canada Studies from St. Mary's University, and received her Canadian Securities license after leaving government in 1997. Brushett is a cancer survivor and lives in Truro, Nova Scotia

Truro, Nova Scotia

-Education:Truro has one high school, Cobequid Educational Centre. Post-secondary options include a campus of the Nova Scotia Community College, as well as the Nova Scotia Agricultural College in the neighboring town of Bible Hill.- Sports :...

. She previously served as the president of the Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley Liberal Association, ending in 2007.