Deborah Grey

Deborah Grey
Grey in 2014
Acting Chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee
In office
January 24, 2014 – May 1, 2015
Appointed byStephen Harper
Preceded byChuck Strahl
Succeeded byPierre Blais
Leader of the Opposition
In office
March 27, 2000 – September 10, 2000
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byPreston Manning
Succeeded byStockwell Day
Interim Leader of the Canadian Alliance
In office
March 27, 2000 – July 8, 2000
Preceded byPreston Manning
(as Leader of the Reform Party)
Succeeded byStockwell Day
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton North
(Beaver River; 1989–1997)
In office
March 13, 1989 – June 28, 2004
Preceded byJohn Dahmer (1988)
Succeeded byRiding abolished
Personal details
Born
Deborah Cleland Grey

(1952-07-01) July 1, 1952 (age 72)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyConservative (2003–present)
Other political
affiliations
Reform (1989–2000)
Canadian Alliance (2000–2001, 2002–2003)
Democratic Representative Caucus (2001–2002)
SpouseLewis Larson (m. 1993)
Profession
  • Politician
  • teacher
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Deborah Cleland Grey (born July 1, 1952) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Official Opposition in 2000, from March to September. Grey was elected to the House of Commons in 1989, serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beaver River until 1997 and MP for Edmonton North until 2004. Grey was a member of the Reform Party. When Reform merged with the Canadian Alliance in 2000, she served as the interim party leader, making her the first woman to serve as leader of the Opposition. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Leaving was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Government of Canada (April 2019). "Leaders' Debates Commission". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Vigliotti, Marco (March 22, 2019). "Ex-politicians Leslie, Manley, Grey to sit on debates' commission advisory board". CBC News. Retrieved July 9, 2019.

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