Carol Louise Haley

Carol Louise Haley is a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2008.[1]

Carol Haley
MLA for Three Hills-Airdrie
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
MLA for Airdrie-Rocky View
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byDistrict Abolished
MLA for Airdrie-Chestermere
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byNew District
Succeeded byRob Anderson
Personal details
Born (1951-09-18) September 18, 1951
Edmonton, Alberta
Political partyProgressive Conservative

Political career

Haley was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. She defeated Liberal incumbent Don MacDonald to win the new electoral district of Three Hills-Airdrie for the Progressive Conservatives.[2]

Three Hills-Airidie was abolished due to redistribution for the 1997 Alberta general election. She ran for re-election in the new electoral district of Airdrie-Rocky View. Haley defeated three other candidates with a super majority.[3] She ran for a third term in office in the 2001 Alberta general election.[4] 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 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.[5] She did not seek re-election in the 2008 election.

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References
  1. Lumley, E. (2003). The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press. ISSN 0068-9963. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  2. "Three Hills-Airdrie results 1993". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. "Airdrie_Rocky View results 1997". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  4. "Airdrie_Rocky View results 2001". Alberta Heritage. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  5. "Airdrie-Chestermere Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election" (PDF). Elections Alberta. Retrieved 2008-03-08.


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