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| Affiliation | New Democratic |
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| Name | Penny Priddy |
| Address |
Surrey, British Columbia , Canada |
| Email | Priddy.P@parl.gc.ca |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
March 05, 1944 |
| Died |
Still Living
(80 years) |
| Contributor | User 13 |
| Last Modifed | Monsieur
Aug 07, 2006 05:34pm |
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| Info | * City Councillor and former Provincial Cabinet Minister
* Lived in several Canadian cities including Toronto and Halifax before moving to Surrey in 1981
* Trained as a nurse and worked at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and for the Canadian Junior Red Cross in Northern Ontario
* Served as Canada's first Recreation Integration Coordinator for the City of Halifax and the CEO for the Nova Scotia Association for Community Living
* Was an Instructor at Douglas College, teaching in both the Community Service Worker Program and the Home Support Worker Program for 10 years
* Entered municipal politics in 1986 when elected to the Surrey School Board
* Served as Chairperson of the Surrey School Board in 1987 and 1988
* Elected MLA for Surrey-Newton in 1991 and re-elected in 1996
* Served in the Provincial government as the Minister of Women's Equality, Minister of Tourism and Culture, Minister of Labour, Minister of Children and Families, Minister of Health and Minister of Education
* Did not seek re-election in the last provincial election
* Awarded an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from Kwantlen University College in 2001, in recognition of her service to the community and the people of British Columbia
* Elected to the Surrey City Council again in 2002
* Since moving to Surrey 23 years ago, has been actively involved in community organizations, including the B.C. Association for Community Living, the Surrey-White Rock Home Support Association and Surrey Women for Action
* A member of the Surrey Chamber of Commerce, Surrey Social Futures, Friends of the Surrey Museum, Canadian Congress of Women Voters
* Co-Chair of The Women’s Campaign School, Canada’s only non-partisan, issue-based campaign school
* As a City Councillor, is a member of the Finance, Police and Audit Committee, as well as the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel, the Surrey Public Library Board and the Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
* Member of the Standing Committee on Community Safety and Crime Prevention and the Standing Committee on Social Infrastructure of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
* Member of Canadian Women in Municipal Government
* Married to Robert for 39 years; they have a son, daughter and grandson
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