Gwen O'Mahony MLA |
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MLA for Chilliwack-Hope | |
In office April 19, 2012 – May 2013 |
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Preceded by | Barry Penner |
Succeeded by | Laurie Throness |
Personal details | |
Born | 1972/1973 (age 44–45) |
Political party | New Democrat |
Gwen O'Mahony (born 1972 or 1973) is a Canadian politician, who represented Chilliwack-Hope in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from April 2012 until May 2013 as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
O'Mahony was previously the party's candidate in Chilliwack-Hope in the 2009 provincial election, as well as running federally for the New Democrats in Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon in the 2011 federal election.
She became the first New Democrat ever to represent the area.
In the 2013 provincial election, O'Mahony was defeated by BC Liberal Party candidate Laurie Throness, the same Liberal candidate she had faced in the 2012 by-election.