Bonnie Hickey Explained

Bonnie Hickey
Birth Date:5 March 1955
Birth Place:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Riding:St. John's East
Term Start:1993
Term End:1997
Predecessor:Ross Reid
Successor:Norman Doyle
Party:Liberal

Patricia "Bonnie" Hickey (born March 5, 1955) is a former Canadian politician. Hickey was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997.

Hickey was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was elected to represent the electoral district of St. John's East in the 1993 federal election as a member of the Liberal party.[1] Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Norman Doyle in the 1997 federal election.[2]

In 1998, she lost to Stephen LeDrew in her bid to become president of the Liberal Party.[3] In the following year, she was employed by the province's tourism ministry as part of the staff handling the Viking anniversary and Year 2000 special events.[4]

Hickey unsuccessfully ran for the provincial Liberal nomination in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi for the 2015 election.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Spears . John . October 26, 1993 . Liberal wave gives East Coast loud voice in House . . . New Glasgow, Nova Scotia . B2 . March 28, 2024 . newspapers.com.
  2. News: . June 3, 1997 . Election '97 Winners & Losers . . Toronto, Ontario . A10 . .
  3. News: He speaks but he does not hear . . Toronto . 17 . 30 . 26 March 1998 . 13 April 2009 . Enzo . DiMatteo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224429/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/17/30/News/feature2.html . 26 September 2007 .
  4. News: Former MP Gets Government Job . . 13 April 2009 . 25 October 1999 .
  5. Web site: Former Liberal MP vying for Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi nomination. https://web.archive.org/web/20141215235010/http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=51425&latest=1. dead. 15 December 2014. VOCM.com. 15 December 2014. 14 January 2015.