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♀ Colleen Marie Soetaert
aliasColleen Soetaert
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
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Alberta 2 1 3
Birth 7 April 1956
Age 68 years
First mandate 15 June 1993 → 30 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 37 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 23 years + 1 month ago (11 March 2001)
Special notes
None
 
Colleen Marie Soetaert (1956– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Shocked by her defeat on her third bid, Soetaert, an Alberta Liberal, told her supporters in her campaign office, "God must want me somewhere else."
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 7 8 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Douglas A. Horner  m 
 
 
Eligible: 19,354 Votes: 11,203 Participation: 57.88% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12615(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
37
LIB
 1/4 5,811 51.96% +1,383 Loser:
PC
 4,428 39.59% Norm Kluthe

Service: 3 years 8 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,110 Votes: 12,673 Participation: 60.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11064(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/4 6,275 49.68% +887 Loser:
PC
 5,388 42.66% Gary Swinamer

Service: 4 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,855 Votes: 14,502 Participation: 60.79% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8708(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
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 Defeated incumbent →
Age
44
LIB
 2/3 5,832 40.34% -2,178 Winner:
PC
 8,010 55.40% Douglas A. Horner

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
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Colleen M. Soetaert		 07 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Colleen Soetaert		 07 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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