Eleanor Maroes | |
Term Start: | 2005 |
Term End: | 2005 |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1943 |
Party: | Alberta Alliance Party |
Office: | interim Leader of the Alberta Alliance Party |
Predecessor: | Randy Thorsteinson |
Successor: | Paul Hinman |
Otherparty: | Reform Party of Canada |
Eleanor Maroes (July 20, 1943 - January 13, 2017)[1] was a former politician and life insurance agent from Alberta, Canada. She served as interim leader of the Alberta Alliance Party in 2005.
Maroes ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 Canadian federal election as a Reform candidate in the riding of Edmonton Southeast. She was defeated by incumbent David Kilgour, finishing a close second out of the field of five candidates.[2]
Maroes would become involved in provincial politics with the Alberta Alliance Party when it was formed in 2002. She held a number of executive positions in the party and contested as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta general election as a candidate in the provincial electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie. She was defeated finishing fourth out of fifth in the open race losing to Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri.[3]
After the election, Randy Thorsteinson resigned as leader and Maroes who was serving on the executive was appointed to manage the party until a leadership convention was held. She led the party under a very fractious leadership race until Paul Hinman was chosen as leader on November 19, 2005.