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Margaret MacDiarmid is a Canadian politician and Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia from 2009 to 2013. She was born in BC to early Whistler resident and businessman Harvey MacDiarmid and had four siblings: Philip, Wendy, Don, and Bob. From 1975 to 1979, she completed an Honours Bachelor of Science in chemistry and biochemistry at Memorial University in St. John's, NL. From 1979 to 1983, she completed medical school at Queen's University in Kingston, ON and became a doctor. From 2006 to 2007, she was president of the BC Medical Association. She was first elected an MLA in the 2009 BC provincial election under the premiership of Gordon Campbell, representing the riding of Vancouver-Fairview. She served as Minister of Education; Minister of Tourism, Trade, and Investment; Minister of Health; Minister of Labour, Citizens' Services, and Open Government; and Minister Responsible for the Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat. In 2009, then Minister of Education, Margaret was rushed to Peace Arch Hospital for emergency treatment and transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital for intensive care for pneumococcal meningitis. MacDiarmid recovered and was later appointed Minister of Health in 2012 by Premier Christy Clark. Margaret was defeated in the 2013 provincial election by New Democrat candidate George Heyman. In 2013, she was appointed to the board of directors for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Her appointment lasted until 2017.
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Vancouver
Whistler
St. John's, NL
Kingston, ON
Victoria, BC
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued May 2023.
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1) Archival material
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_MacDiarmid
3) https://bc.ctvnews.ca/minister-refuses-vsb-request-for-emergency-funding-1.520363?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D104059
4) https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2011tti0009-000170.htm
5) https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler-news/hotwire-report-gives-whistler-best-hotel-value-2487743
6) https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-macdiarmid-5687a311/?originalSubdomain=ca