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Betty Unger

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Betty E. Unger
Senator from Alberta
In office
January 6, 2012 – August 21, 2018
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Personal details
Born (1943-08-21) August 21, 1943 (age 81)
Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada[1]
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations
Progressive Conservative

Betty E. Unger (born August 21, 1943) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Senate of Canada, from Alberta, Canada from January 2012 until her retirement in August 2018 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.

Political career

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In 2000 Unger ran for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate for the Canadian Alliance in Edmonton West, losing a close contest to Liberal Cabinet Minister Anne McLellan. The race was so close that the media prematurely declared a Canadian Alliance victory on election night.

In 2004 she ran as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta senate nominee election. She finished a close second place behind Bert Brown. She is the first Albertan woman to be elected a senator-in-waiting. On January 6, 2012, she was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Governor General David Johnston.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Senate biography
  2. ^ "Harper appoints 7 new senators". CBC News. January 6, 2012. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
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