Deborah Coyne
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| Born |
Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne February 24, 1955 (age 61) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater |
Queen's University Osgoode Hall Law School University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Lawyer, professor, author |
| Political party | Liberal (before 2015) Green (2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Valpy (divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | deborahcoyne.ca |
Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne (born February 24, 1955) is a Canadian constitutional lawyer, professor, and author. She is the cousin of journalist Andrew Coyne and actress Susan Coyne, and the niece of former Bank of Canada governor James Coyne.
Coyne grew up in Ottawa. She graduated from Queen's University with a degree in economics and history in 1976. She received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in 1979 and a Master of Philosophy from University of Oxford in international relations in 1982.
She was an employee in the Prime Minister's Office of John Turner, before spending two years teaching constitutional law at the University of Toronto Law School; she has also worked for the Business Council on National Issues, the Ontario Health Service Appeal and Review Board, and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
Deborah Coyne now lives with her family in Ottawa. For years, she dated former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Her daughter, Sarah Elisabeth Coyne, is Trudeau's only daughter, and was enrolled in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her second child, Matthew Coyne, is the son of Canadian journalist Michael Valpy. Valpy and Coyne have since divorced.
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