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Margaret MacDiarmid
Canadian politician

Margaret MacDiarmid

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Margaret MacDiarmid MD is a Canadian politician, former provincial Minister of Health, and also served as Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. She was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview. She previously served as Minister of Education, Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment and Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat.
In 2009, then Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid was rushed to Peace Arch Hospital for emergency treatment and transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital for intensive care for pneumococcal meningitis. MacDiarmid recovered and was later appointed Minister of Health in 2012 by Premier Christy Clark.
She was defeated in the 2013 provincial election by New Democrat candidate George Heyman.
In 2013, she was appointed to the board of directors for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Electoral Results

By-election, October 29, 2008: Vancouver-Fairview
PartyCandidateVotes%±Expenditures
    NDPJenn McGinn5,75246.98$70,030
LiberalMargaret MacDiarmid4,93640.32$92,092
GreenJane Sterk9007.35$7,773
ConservativeWilf Hanni4893.99$6,886
MarijuanaJodie Emery1661.36$430
Total valid votes12,243100%
Total rejected ballots290.24%
Turnout12,27226.93%
British Columbia general election, 2009: Vancouver-Fairview
PartyCandidateVotes%Expenditures
LiberalMargaret MacDiarmid11,03447.09$144,364
New DemocraticJenn McGinn9,88142.17$106,859
GreenVanessa Violini2,2329.52$749
IndependentGraham Clark1650.70$250
ReformNorris Matthew Barens850.36$250
RefederationAlex Frei370.16$260
Source: [1]
B.C. General Election 2013: Vancouver-Fairview
PartyCandidateVotes%±
New DemocraticGeorge Heyman10,96547.04
LiberalMargaret MacDiarmid9,99942.89
GreenMatthew Pedley2,34710.07
Total Valid Votes
Total Rejected Ballots
Turnout

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