Betty E. Unger (born August 21, 1943) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Senate of Canada, from Alberta, Canada from January 2012 until her retirement in August 2018 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Political career In 2000 Unger ran for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate for the Canadian Alliance in Edmonton West, losing a close contest to Liberal Cabinet Minister Anne McLellan. The race was so close that the media prematurely declared a Canadian Alliance victory on election night.
In 2004 she ran as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta senate nominee election. She finished a close second place behind Bert Brown. She is the first Albertan woman to be elected a senator-in-waiting. On January 6, 2012, she was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper by Governor General David Johnston.
Electoral record 2004 Alberta Senate nominee electionCandidatePartyVotes #Votes %Ballots %ElectedAppointedBert BrownProgressive Conservative312,04114.3%43.7%July 10, 2007Betty UngerProgressive Conservative311,96414.3%43.6%January 6, 2012Cliff BreitkreuzProgressive Conservative241,30611.1%33.8%Term ended March 26, 2012Link ByfieldIndependent238,75111.0%33.4%Resigned November 2010Jim SilyeProgressive Conservative217,85710.0%30.5%David UsherwoodProgressive Conservative193,0568.9%27.0%Michael RothAlberta Alliance176,3398.1%24.7%Vance GoughAlberta Alliance167,7707.7%23.5%Tom SindlingerIndependent161,0827.4%22.5%Gary HoranAlberta Alliance156,1757.2%21.9%
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External links
Betty Unger homepage