Aileen Carroll:
M. Aileen Carroll, PC, MPP (born June 1, 1944, Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. Formerly federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, she is now Ontario's provincial Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Seniors.
As a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons she represented the district of Barrie, Ontario. First elected to the House of Commons in 1997, Carroll was re-elected in the 2000 and 2004 general elections, but defeated in the 2006 general election. Before her election, Carroll served an Alderman (1995-1997) in Barrie. Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's University (1965) and a Bachelor of Education from York University (1989). Carroll and her husband D. Kevin Carroll, Q.C., have two grown children, Daniel and Joanna.
She subsequently stood as Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the Barrie riding for the 2007 Ontario election, and defeated incumbent MPP Joe Tascona. She was named to the provincial cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election.
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