| Honorific prefix | The Honourable |
|---|---|
| Term start | January 6, 2012 |
| Term end | August 21, 2018 |
| Birth date | August 21, 1943 (age 83) |
| Birth place | Sexsmith, Alberta, Canada[1] |
| Party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Office | Canadian Senator from Alberta |
| Nominator | Stephen Harper |
| Appointer | David Johnston |
| Other party | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Canadian Alliance (2000) |
Betty E. Unger (born August 21, 1943) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Senate of Canada, from Alberta, Canada from January 2012 until her retirement in August 2018 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Political career
In 2000 Unger ran for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate for the Canadian Alliance in Edmonton West, losing a close contest to Liberal Cabinet Minister Anne McLellan. The race was so close that the media prematurely declared a Canadian Alliance victory on election night.
In 2004 she ran as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta senate nominee election. She finished a close second place behind Bert Brown. She is the first Albertan woman to be elected a senator-in-waiting. On January 6, 2012, she was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Governor General David Johnston.[2]
Electoral record
| 2004 Alberta Senate nominee election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Candidate | Party | Votes # | Votes % | Ballots % | Elected | Appointed | Bert Brown | Progressive Conservative | 312,041 | 14.3% | 43.7% | July 10, 2007 | Betty Unger | Progressive Conservative | 311,964 | 14.3% | 43.6% | January 6, 2012 | Cliff Breitkreuz | Progressive Conservative | 241,306 | 11.1% | 33.8% | Term ended March 26, 2012 | Link Byfield | Independent | 238,751 | 11.0% | 33.4% | Resigned November 2010[3] | Jim Silye | Progressive Conservative | 217,857 | 10.0% | 30.5% | David Usherwood | Progressive Conservative | 193,056 | 8.9% | 27.0% | Michael Roth | Alberta Alliance | 176,339 | 8.1% | 24.7% | Vance Gough | Alberta Alliance | 167,770 | 7.7% | 23.5% | Tom Sindlinger | Independent | 161,082 | 7.4% | 22.5% | Gary Horan | Alberta Alliance | 156,175 | 7.2% | 21.9% | |||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Senate biography
- ^ "Harper appoints 7 new senators". CBC News. January 6, 2012. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ "Senator-in-waiting Byfield resigns". CBC News. November 22, 2010. Archived 7 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 26, 2012.