Margaret Aileen Carroll was a Canadian politician.
17 Facts About Aileen Carroll
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Aileen Carroll served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin as Minister for International Cooperation.
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Aileen Carroll served in the cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture.
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Aileen Carroll was a partner in a small manufacturing and retail business.
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Aileen Carroll began her career in politics as a Barrie City councillor, representing the downtown Barrie ward.
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Aileen Carroll went on to win the 1997 election by 7,507 votes, and was re-elected again in 2000.
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Aileen Carroll was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of Barrie.
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Aileen Carroll served as Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003.
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Aileen Carroll was appointed as Minister for International Cooperation, responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, when Paul Martin became Prime Minister on December 12,2003.
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Aileen Carroll was the first, and to date only, federal cabinet minister from Barrie.
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Aileen Carroll retained that portfolio until the Liberals were defeated in 2006, when she lost her seat to her 2004 challenger Patrick Brown.
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Aileen Carroll was a supporter of Paul Martin's leadership bid leading up to the 2003 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
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Aileen Carroll supported Michael Ignatieff during the 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, serving as his Ontario campaign co-chair with former DFAIT cabinet colleague Jim Peterson.
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Aileen Carroll was appointed to provincial cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election.
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Aileen Carroll was relieved of her cabinet posts in January 2010.
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Aileen Carroll had served as the president of the Canadian Bar Association from 2009 to 2010.
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Aileen Carroll died on April 19,2020, at the age of 75.