Mary Clancy
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.
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| Mary Clancy |
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| In office2002–2003 |
| Daniel Casey |
| Jane O'Meara Sanders |
| In office1988–1997 |
| Stewart McInnes |
| Alexa McDonough |
| (1948-01-13) 13 January 1948Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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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.
Clancy won the Halifax electoral district for the Liberal Party in the 1988 and 1993 federal elections. After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Clancy was defeated in the 1997 federal election by New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough.
Subsequently, in 1997, she was appointed Canadian Consul General to Boston.
From 2002 to 2003, Clancy was President of Burlington College in Burlington, Vermont.
The 1997 federal election competition between Clancy and McDonough is the subject of the 1999 National Film Board documentary Why Women Run.
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| 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.
| vte1988 Canadian federal election: Halifax | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- Mary Clancy – Parliament of Canada biography
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