1. Carolyn Ann Bennett was born in Toronto on December 20,1950.
19 Facts About Carolyn Bennett
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Carolyn Bennett graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1974 and received her certification in family medicine in 1976.
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Carolyn Bennett was a family physician for 20 years before entering politics.
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Carolyn Bennett worked as a family physician at Wellesley Hospital and Women's College Hospital in Toronto from 1977 to 1997 and was a founding partner in Bedford Medical Associates.
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Carolyn Bennett was president of the medical staff association of Women's College Hospital and has a clinical adjunct appointment as an assistant professor in the department of family and community medicine at the University of Toronto.
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Carolyn Bennett served on the boards of Havergal College, Women's College Hospital, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto.
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Carolyn Bennett ran for public office in the 1995 Ontario provincial election as a candidate of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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Carolyn Bennett was more successful in the 1997 federal election, defeating her closest opponent in St Paul's Peter Atkins by almost 15,000 votes.
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Carolyn Bennett was re-elected by increased margins in the elections of 2000 and 2004.
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Carolyn Bennett was chair of the Canada-Israel Friendship Group from 1999 to 2003 and is a member of Liberal Parliamentarians for Israel.
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Carolyn Bennett was re-elected, but lost her cabinet position as the Liberals were defeated.
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Carolyn Bennett became only the third opposition MP in the history of St Paul's.
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Carolyn Bennett announced on April 24,2006 that she would pursue the leadership of the party.
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On November 4,2015, Carolyn Bennett was appointed the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, which was later renamed the position of Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.
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On June 24,2021, Carolyn Bennett was forced to apologize to Jody Wilson-Raybould for her response to a tweet by Wilson-Raybould concerning Justin Trudeau and his government's response to the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan.
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On October 26,2021, Carolyn Bennett was sworn in as Canada's first ever Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, with Marc Miller taking her place as Minister for Crown-Indigenous Relations.
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On July 24,2023, Carolyn Bennett announced she would not be running in the next general election, and in the Cabinet shuffle two days later, she was demoted from her position as Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.
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Carolyn Bennett resigned her seat on January 16,2024, the same day it was reported she would be appointed Canada's Ambassador to Denmark.
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Carolyn Bennett is married to Canadian film producer Peter O'Brian.