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Margaret MacDiarmid

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Margaret MacDiarmid
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Fairview
In office
May 12, 2009 – May 14, 2013
Preceded by Jenn McGinn
Succeeded by George Heyman
Minister of Education and Minister Responsible for Early Learning and Literacy of British Columbia
In office
June 10, 2009 – October 25, 2010
Premier Gordon Campbell
Preceded by Shirley Bond
Succeeded by George Abbott
Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment and Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat of British Columbia
In office
October 25, 2010 – March 14, 2011
Premier Gordon Campbell
Preceded by Kevin Krueger
Minister of Education
of British Columbia
In office
November 25, 2010 – March 14, 2011
Premier Gordon Campbell
Preceded by George Abbott
Succeeded by George Abbott
Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government
of British Columbia
In office
September 26, 2011 – September 5, 2012
Premier Christy Clark
Preceded by Stephanie Cadieux
Minister of Health
of British Columbia
In office
September 5, 2012 – June 2013
Premier Christy Clark
Preceded by Michael de Jong
Succeeded by Terry Lake
Personal details
Political party BC Liberal
Occupation Physician

Margaret MacDiarmid MD is a Canadian politician, former provincial Minister of Health, and also served as Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government. She was elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2009 provincial election, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview. She previously served as Minister of Education, Minister of Tourism, Trade and Investment and Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat.

In 2009, then Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid was rushed to Peace Arch Hospital for emergency treatment and transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital for intensive care for pneumococcal meningitis. MacDiarmid recovered and was later appointed Minister of Health in 2012 by Premier Christy Clark.

She was defeated in the 2013 provincial election by New Democrat candidate George Heyman.

In 2013, she was appointed to the board of directors for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.



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