Hedy Fry

Hedy Fry
Fry in 2011
Member of Parliament
for Vancouver Centre
Assumed office
October 25, 1993
Preceded byKim Campbell
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Assumed office
February 4, 2016
MinisterMélanie Joly
Preceded byGord Brown
Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on
Status of Women
In office
5 February 2009 – 20 June 2011
MinisterRona Ambrose
Preceded byYasmin Ratansi
Succeeded byNiki Ashton
Personal details
Born (1941-08-06) August 6, 1941 (age 83)
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Political partyLiberal
RelationsPete Fry (son)
Residence(s)Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
ProfessionPhysician

Hedy Madeleine Fry, PC MP (born August 6, 1941) is a Canadian politician and physician who is currently the longest-serving female Member of Parliament,[1] winning ten consecutive elections in the constituency of Vancouver Centre including the 1993 election, when she defeated incumbent Prime Minister Kim Campbell.

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