Muriel Baillie Explained

Muriel Baillie
Birth Date:4 July 1935
Birth Place:River John, Nova Scotia
Residence:River John, Nova Scotia
Office:MLA for Pictou West
Term Start:1999
Term End:2003
Predecessor:Charlie Parker
Successor:Charlie Parker
Party:Progressive Conservative
Occupation:Teacher

Muriel "Fluff" Baillie (July 4, 1935 – September 22, 2018) was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Pictou West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003. She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]

Baillie was born in 1935 at River John, Nova Scotia, and educated at the Nova Scotia Normal College for Teachers.[2] A retired school principal in River John, Baillie was the Progressive Conservative candidate for Pictou West in the 1999 provincial election.[3] She defeated New Democrat incumbent Charlie Parker by 147 votes to win the seat.[4] [5] She served as a backbench MLA in John Hamm's government in the 58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia, and did not seek re-election in 2003.[6] [7]

Baillie died on September 22, 2018.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral History for Pictou West. Nova Scotia Legislative Library. 2018-04-03.
  2. Web site: MLA biography. Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia. 2015-06-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20021219234914/http://www.pcparty.ns.ca/cgi-bin/view?src=baillie. December 19, 2002.
  3. Web site: NDP's Parker hopes to repeat his wild '98 Pictou West win. The Chronicle Herald. July 14, 1999. 2014-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124062941/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F14+196.raw+PE99Jul14+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  4. Web site: Election Returns, 1999 (Pictou West). Elections Nova Scotia. 2014-10-24.
  5. Web site: Defeated MLAs lining up new jobs. The Chronicle Herald. July 30, 1999. 2014-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20050124083038/http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?1999%2F07%2F30+210.raw+PE99Jul30+2. January 24, 2005. dead.
  6. Web site: Seven MLAs who won't be back. The Chronicle Herald. May 23, 2003. 2015-09-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20031028005645/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/05/23/pNovaScotia201.raw.html. October 28, 2003.
  7. Web site: Nova Scotia Votes 2003 (Pictou West). CBC News. 2014-10-24.
  8. Web site: 'A people person politician': Pictou County remembers former PC MLA Fluff Baillie. The News. September 26, 2018. 2018-11-05.

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