Bonnie Hickey
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Patricia "Bonnie" Hickey (born March 5, 1955) is a former Canadian politician. Hickey was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997.
Bonnie Hickey | |
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Member of Parliament for St. John's East | |
In office 1993–1997 | |
Preceded by | Ross Reid |
Succeeded by | Norman Doyle |
Personal details | |
Born | (1955-03-05) March 5, 1955 (age 69) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Hickey was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was elected to represent the electoral district of St. John's East in the 1993 federal election as a member of the Liberal party.[1] Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Norman Doyle in the 1997 federal election.[2]
In 1998, she lost to Stephen LeDrew in her bid to become president of the Liberal Party.[3] In the following year, she was employed by the province's tourism ministry as part of the staff handling the Viking anniversary and Year 2000 special events.[4]
Hickey unsuccessfully ran for the provincial Liberal nomination in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi for the 2015 election.[5]