Betty Unger

Betty E. Unger
Betty E. Unger
Member of the Senate of Canada
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 6, 2011
Constituency	Alberta
Personal details
Political party	Conservative
Other political; affiliations	Progressive Conservative

Betty E. Unger is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Senate of Canada, from Alberta, Canada having been appointed in January 2012. Outside of politics Unger owned and operated a successful Alberta nursing services company for many years.

Political career

In 2000 Unger ran for the Canadian House of Commons 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 Canadian Alliance declared victory on election night and Unger was shown celebrating with her volunteers until officials determined that the Liberals had indeed garnered a plurality of the votes.

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.^[1]

References

^ "Harper appoints 7 new senators". CBC News. January 6, 2012.

External links

Betty Unger homepage

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[7new-1] "Harper appoints 7 new senators". CBC News. January 6, 2012.

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