Joan Crockatt
| Joan Crockatt | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Centre |
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In office November 26, 2012 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Kent Hehr |
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December 5, 1955 Lloydminster, Alberta |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Profession | Journalist |
Joan Crockatt (born December 5, 1955) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election on November 26, 2012. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, she represented the electoral district of Calgary Centre until November 2015.
From Alberta, a mother and grandmother, Crockatt is an award-winning business journalist with more than 20 years of communications and media experience. Prior to her election to Parliament, she worked most notably as a senior newspaper executive with the Calgary Herald, and later as a communications consultant and national public affairs commentator.
Crockatt was born and raised in Lloydminster and has called Calgary home for more than 18 years. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and was awarded a Southam Fellowship in Journalism at the University of Toronto. She studied strategic thinking at the London School of Economics.
Crockatt has been an active community volunteer, chairing the Alberta College of Art and Design's major fundraiser for student scholarships, being a founder of the Lloydminster Sexual Assault Centre, serving as a mentor for the Famous Five Foundation, and competing as a competitive synchronized figure skater (1993 Canadian Silver Medal, 2003 Canadian Festival Silver Medal).
Crockatt is also on the Board of Directors for the Calgary Stampede.
Crockatt has worked as director of editorial for CanWest Global Communications, and managing editor and editorialist for the Calgary Herald. For the past decade, before election to parliament, she has been a communications consultant, working for clients including the Calgary Stampede, corporations and non-profits. During her time as the Calgary Herald's managing editor, the newspaper's journalists went on a union drive and then a prolonged strike in 1999.
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