Mary Clancy

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Mary Clancy
3rd President of Burlington College
In office
2002–2003
Preceded byDaniel Casey
Succeeded byJane O'Meara Sanders
Member of Parliament
for Halifax
In office
1988–1997
Preceded byStewart McInnes
Succeeded byAlexa McDonough
Personal details
Born (1948-01-13) 13 January 1948 (age 78)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
PartyLiberal

Mary Catherine Clancy (born 13 January 1948) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. She was the member of Parliament for the riding of Halifax from 1988 to 1997.

Career

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Clancy won the Halifax electoral district for the Liberal Party in the 1988[1] and 1993 federal elections.[2][3] After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Clancy was defeated in the 1997 federal election by New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough.[4]

Subsequently, in 1997, she was appointed Canadian Consul General to Boston.[5][6]

From 2002 to 2003, Clancy was President of Burlington College in Burlington, Vermont.[7]

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The 1997 federal election competition between Clancy and McDonough is the subject of the 1999 National Film Board documentary Why Women Run.[8]

Electoral record

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1993 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mary Clancy 21,326 45.91 +2.90
Progressive Conservative Jim Vaughan 9,600 20.67 -17.31
Reform Steve Greene 6,717 14.46
New Democratic Lynn Jones 6,214 13.38 -4.36
National Charles Phillips 1,383 2.98
Natural Law Gilles Bigras 448 0.96
Green W. Vladimir Klonowski 307 0.66
Independent A.R. Art Canning 277 0.60
Independent Steve Rimek 99 0.21
Marxist–Leninist Tony Seed 84 0.18 -0.08
Total valid votes 46,455 99.06
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 439 0.94
Turnout 46,894 58.94
Eligible voters 79,568
Liberal hold Swing +10.10

Changes for Marxist–Leninist candidate Tony Seed are based on his 1988 results, when he ran as an Independent.

1988 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mary Clancy 22,470 43.00 +8.64
Progressive Conservative Stewart McInnes 19,840 37.97 -6.80
New Democratic Ray Larkin 9,269 17.74 -2.71
Libertarian Howard J. MacKinnon 292 0.56
Communist Miguel Figueroa 151 0.29
Independent Tony Seed 134 0.26
Commonwealth of Canada J. Basil MacDougall 94 0.18
Total valid votes 52,250 100.00
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +7.72

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