Cathy Olesen

Cathy Olesen MLA
Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Sherwood Park
In office April 23, 2012 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Iris Evans
Succeeded by	Annie McKitrick
Mayor of Strathcona County
In office October 26, 2004 – October 26, 2010
Preceded by	Vern Hartwell
Succeeded by	Linda Osinchuk
Strathcona County Councillor for Ward 4
In office 1995 – October 26, 2004
Preceded by	new ward
Succeeded by	Peter Wlodarczak
Personal details
Born	1960/1961 (age 56–57) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Rex Adam
Children	four
Website	Official website

Cathy Olesen MLA, (born c. 1961) is a politician in Alberta, Canada. She served on Strathcona County Council from 1995, first as a councillor then mayor, until her defeat in 2010. Olesen then went into provincial politics, and has represented Sherwood Park since the 2012 provincial election.

Cathy Olesen successfully ran for County councillor, in the new Ward 4, in 1995. She held this position for three terms, until deciding to take a run for mayor. Olesen become mayor of Strathcona County in 2004, and was re-elected in 2007, in a close three-way race. In 2010 Olesen lost to Linda Osinchuk.

In 2012, with Sherwood Park MLA Iris Evans retiring, Olesen ran for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination. She won the PC nomination by only one vote over Susan Timanson. On April 23, 2012, Olesen won the Sherwood Park riding, and successfully made her way into provincial politics. On May 5, 2015 Olesen lost her bid for re-election to the Sherwood Park riding.

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