Elaine McCoy

Elaine McCoy
McCoy in 2010
McCoy in 2010
Facilitator of the
Independent Senators Group
In office
September 27, 2016 – September 25, 2017
DeputyNone[a]
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byYuen Pau Woo
Senator for Alberta
In office
March 24, 2005 – December 29, 2020
Nominated byPaul Martin
Appointed byAdrienne Clarkson
MLA for Calgary-West
In office
1986–1993
Preceded byPeter Lougheed
Succeeded byDanny Dalla-Longa
Personal details
Born(1946-03-07)March 7, 1946
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
DiedDecember 29, 2020(2020-12-29) (aged 74)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyCanadian Senators Group (2019–2020)
Other political
affiliations
Independent Senators Group (2016–2019)
Independent Progressive Conservative (2013–2016)
Progressive Conservative (2005–2013)
Alberta PC (until 1993)
Alma materUniversity of Alberta

Elaine Jean McCoy QC (March 7, 1946 – December 29, 2020) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. She was a member of the Senate of Canada.

In 2005, McCoy was appointed to the Senate. She designated herself a member of the Progressive Conservative Party despite its dissolution two years prior; following the retirement of Lowell Murray in 2011, she was the last remaining member of the Senate to sit as a Progressive Conservative. In 2016, she joined the Independent Senators Group (ISG) and served as its initial interim facilitator. In 2019, she left the ISG and joined the Canadian Senators Group.

McCoy was previously the Alberta PC MLA for Calgary-West from 1986 to 1993. During this time, she served as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Minister responsible for Women's Issues and Minister of Labour under Premier Don Getty.
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