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Olive Crane

Olive Crane
MLA for Morell-Fortune Bay
In office
March 20, 2006 – June 12, 2007
Preceded by Kevin MacAdam
Succeeded by riding dissolved
MLA for Morell-Mermaid
In office
June 12, 2007 – May 4, 2015
Preceded by new district
Succeeded by Sidney MacEwen
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Interim
In office
September 4, 2007 – May 26, 2010
Preceded by Pat Binns
Succeeded by Jim Bagnall (interim)
Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
In office
October 2, 2010 – January 31, 2013
Preceded by Jim Bagnall (interim)
Succeeded by Steven Myers (interim)
Personal details
Born October 28

Olive Crane is a Canadian politician and social worker from Douglas Station, Prince Edward Island. She was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2010 on an interim basis and 2010 to 2013 on a permanent basis. She was also leader of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2010 and 2010 to 2013.

A native of Morell, Prince Edward Island, Crane is a graduate of Dalhousie University. She is a career civil servant, working as a social worker for the provincial government since 1979. She has worked in a variety of departments from Health & Social Services, Office of the Attorney General to Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island on March 20, 2006 in the by-election for District #2, Morell-Fortune Bay, and re-elected to the Legislature on May 28, 2007 representing District # 7, Morell-Mermaid. Following the 2007 election, she was appointed the Opposition Critic for Health, Education, the Status of Women, and Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour.

On September 4, 2007 she was appointed the interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island, She was the fifth woman to serve as leader/interim leader of a PEI political party (after Leone Bagnall, Pat Mella, Catherine Callbeck and Sharon Labchuk).

On May 26, 2010, Olive Crane resigned as interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island and announced her intentions to seek the permanent leadership. On October 2, 2010, she won the leadership of the PEI Progressive Conservative Party on the second ballot, defeating her main opponent Jamie Ballem. Crane led the party in the 2011 election, receiving 40 per cent of the vote and winning five seats. She was also re-elected in her Morell-Mermaid riding.


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