Susan whelan biography
Susan Elizabeth Whelan, PC (/ˈhwiːlən/; born May 5, , in Windsor, Ontario) is a.!
Susan Whelan
Canadian politician
Susan Elizabeth Whelan, PC (; born May 5, 1963, in Windsor, Ontario) is a former CanadianMember of Parliament with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Incumbent.
Whelan, a lawyer, first won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1993 election representing Essex—Windsor. In 1997 and 2000 she was elected to represent Essex. In 2002, Whelan was appointed by Prime MinisterJean Chrétien as Minister for International Cooperation as a cabinet minister.[1]
Whelan was defeated by ConservativeJeff Watson at the 2004 election, and unsuccessfully tried to win back her old seat in 2006 and the 2008.[2]
Susan Whelan is the daughter of former Liberal Federal Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Eugene Whelan.[1] Susan and her father hold the distinction of being the first father-daughter cabinet appointees.[3]
Whelan shares her father's passionate interest in Canadian agriculture, having made Agriculture and Rural Developm