Bonnie Laing

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Bonnie Laing is a former teacher and provincial level politician and health care professional from Alberta, Canada.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 Health care
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early life

Bonnie Laing had a career as an educator for 26 years, she left that role when she ran for public office in 1989.^[1]

[edit] Political career

Laing ran for public office in the 1989 Alberta general election. She won a hotly contested three way race that saw each candidate in the electoral district of Calgary Bow pick up 30% of the popular vote. Laing finished first defeating Tim Bardsley and Scott Jeffery of the Liberals and NDP.^[2]

Laing won her second term in office in the 1993 Alberta general election with a much larger margin defeating six other candidates and winning almost 47% of the popular vote. She was re-elected to her third and final term in the 1997 Alberta general election winning her biggest margin defeating four other candidates and winning 54% of the popular vote.^[2]

During her time in office Laing served on the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission. She also served as the co-chair on the government's Special Task Force on Province-Wide Health Services. Laing also chaired the province's 1997 Health System Funding Review Committee.^[1]

[edit] Health care

After leaving politics, Laing was appointed Chair of the Health Utilization and Outcomes Commission. She continued to serve as Vice-Chair after the commission was re-named the Health Quality Council of Alberta.^[1]