Kathleen Casey Explained

Kathleen M. Casey
Birth Date:13 November 1961
Birth Place:New Waterford, Nova Scotia
Residence:Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Office:29th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Premier:Robert Ghiz
Lieutenant Governor:Barbara Oliver Hagerman
Frank Lewis
Term Start:July 6, 2007
Term End:November 1, 2011
Successor:Carolyn Bertram
Office1:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Charlottetown-Lewis Point
Term Start1:June 12, 2007
Term End1:March 26, 2019
Successor1:riding redistributed

Kathleen Marie Casey (born 13 November 1961)[1] is a Canadian politician. Casey was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election, and represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Lewis Point as a member of the Liberal Party until retiring at the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. She served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

A native of New Waterford, Nova Scotia, she received a BSc from Saint Francis Xavier University in Physical Education. Casey moved to West Royalty, Prince Edward Island in 1986 to become recreation director for the community. In 1995, she was hired as Superintendent of Parks for Charlottetown. She served on the Charlottetown City Council from 1997 to 2003. From 1988 to 2022, Casey was married to Sean Casey, a former president of the PEI Liberal Party, who was elected as the federal Member of Parliament for Charlottetown in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minding the House: a biorgraphical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.) . Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island . 2021-04-04.