Lynn Hunter
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Lynn Hunter (born 20 January 1947 in Comox, British Columbia) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. Her background prior to election included graduating with distinction in Political Science and History from the University of Victoria in 1985. She then went on to become the Vancouver Island Coordinator for OXFAM Canada, work which included a fact finding trip to Sudan and Eritrea in 1986 to assess the effects of the war and famine in that region.
Hunter became a New Democratic Party member of Parliament after winning the Saanich—Gulf Islands electoral district in the 1988 federal election. She served on a number of Parliamentary Committees in the 34th Canadian Parliament including the Environment Committee, two separate committees on the Canadian Constitution and was a frequent contributor to the External Affairs Committee but lost to Jack Frazer of the Reform Party in the 1993 federal election. She is a practising Unitarian. [1]
[edit] External links
- Parliament of Canada: Lynn Hunter, accessed 17 December 2006
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Member of Parliament from Saanich—Gulf Islands 1988–1993 |
Succeeded by Jack Frazer |
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