Olive Crane
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Olive Crane | |
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In office 2006 – 2007 |
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Preceded by | Kevin MacAdam |
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Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
MLA for Morell-Mermaid
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Assumed office 2007 |
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Preceded by | new district |
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Occupation | Leader of the Official Opposition Office |
Olive Crane B.S.W. is a Canadian politician and social worker from Douglas Station, Prince Edward Island.
She is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, representing District 7 Morell-Mermaid. On September 4, 2007 she was appointed the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, the official opposition[1].
A native of Morell, Prince Edward Island, Crane is a graduate of Dalhousie University.
She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island on March 20, 2006 in the by-election for District #2, Morell-Fortune Bay, and re-elected to the Legislature on May 28, 2007 representing District # 7, Morell-Mermaid. Following the 2007 election, she was appointed the Opposition Critic for Health, Education, the Status of Women, and Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour.
She is a career civil servant, working as a social worker for the provincial government since 1979. She has worked in a variety of departments from Health & Social Services, Office of the Attorney General to Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture.
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Preceded by Pat Binns |
Leader of the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party 2007- present (interim) |
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Preceded by Pat Binns |
Leader of the Opposition 2007 – present |
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