About Mary Clancy
Born 1948. Mary Clancy is a Canadian politician, diplomat, academic administrator, lawyer and consul general.
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.
Career 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.
In popular culture 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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Who is Mary Clancy?
Canadian politician
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Mary Clancy was born on 13 January 1948 in Halifax.
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Mary Clancy is a politician, diplomat, academic administrator, lawyer and consul general.
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Mary Clancy is Canadian.
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