Tracy Parsons
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Tracy Parsons was the second leader of the Progressive Canadian Party, from May 2005 to November 2007. She is running in the next federal election as a Liberal Party candidate in riding of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley.
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[edit] Early political career
Parsons has been active in Canadian politics since the early 1980s. Parsons became leader by unanimous vote at National Council in 2005, replacing founding interim leader Ernie Schreiber. In the 2004 federal election, Parsons was one of the fledgling party's sixteen candidates, contesting the riding of Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. In the 2006 election she ran, and lost, in Carleton—Mississippi Mills.
She was involved in the former Progressive Conservative Party of Canada at the riding level and as a field organizer.
[edit] Joining the Liberal Party
On November 17, 2007 it was announced that Parsons, along with several other high level members of the party, were joining the Liberal Party of Canada.[1]She ran for, and won the Liberal Party nomination in the riding of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley on May 23, 2008. Her nomination meeting in Amherst, Nova Scotia was attended by Willowdale MP, Martha Hall Findlay.
[edit] Biography
Born in Toronto and raised in Bramalea (Brampton) Ontario, she attended Bramalea Secondary School and St. Catharines Business College.
A career salesperson, she has held a number of key positions in sales management. She is currently a Vice President with a successful boutique consulting firm where she heads the firm’s growing practice in Customer Relationship Management. During her tenure, she has taken the firm to be one of the largest Sugar CRM partners in North America.
She has worked with various charities and organizations including Rotary, Kidney Foundation and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. In 1998 she was awarded a “Volunteer of the Year” award from the Heart and Stroke for her work in re-developing the organization in the Niagara Region.
She currently lives in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.
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| Preceded by Ernie Schreiber |
Leader of the Progressive Canadian Party 2005-2007 |
Succeeded by Sinclair Stevens |
