Английская Википедия:Francene Cosman
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Francene Jen Cosman (born January 14, 1941) is a former nurse, businessperson and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. She represented Bedford-Fall River in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999 as a Liberal member.[1]
Cosman was born in 1941 at Windsor, Ontario[2] and received her R.N. from Saint John General Hospital in New Brunswick and continued her studies at the Margaret Hague school in Jersey City, New Jersey. Cosman served as a member of the municipal council for Halifax County from 1976 to 1979[3] and was mayor of Bedford, Nova Scotia from 1979 to 1982.[4] She was president of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council Status of Women from 1982 to 1986.[5]
Cosman entered provincial politics in 1993, defeating Progressive Conservative Peter J. Kelly by 393 votes in the Bedford-Fall River riding.[6][7] A backbench member of the John Savage government, she served as Deputy Speaker.[8] When Russell MacLellan took over as premier in July 1997, he appointed Cosman to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Community Services.[5][9] Cosman was re-elected in the 1998 election, defeating Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie by 313 votes.[10][11] She retained the community services portfolio in a post-election cabinet shuffle,[12] but was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Human Resources when MacLellan shuffled his cabinet in December 1998.[13] Cosman did not reoffer in the 1999 election.[14]
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