20 Facts About Hedy Fry

Hedy Fry is of Scottish, Spanish, Indian, and Chinese ancestry.

Hedy Fry immigrated to Canada in 1970 and established a practice in Vancouver.

Hedy Fry worked at St Paul's Hospital for 23 years.

Hedy Fry served as president of the British Columbia Federation of Medical Women in 1977.

Hedy Fry volunteered as a Tawny Owl as a member of the Girl Guides of Canada, leading a Brownie group.

Hedy Fry was a host on the nationally televised CBC show Doctor Doctor.

Hedy Fry sought and won the Liberal Party nomination for Vancouver Centre for the 1993 federal election over lawyer David Varty and college lecturer John Lang in March 1993.

Hedy Fry was elected to the House of Commons of Canada, defeating Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell.

Hedy Fry was only the fifth person to unseat a sitting prime minister, and the first to do so on his or her first try for office.

Hedy Fry has been re-elected in every subsequent election.

Hedy Fry served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare from 1993 until 1996 when she was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Status of Women.

Hedy Fry did not remain a minister after cabinet was shuffled in 2002.

On May 4,2006, Hedy Fry became the 11th person, 3rd woman, and the only Westerner to officially enter the Liberal party leadership race.

Hedy Fry launched her leadership campaign saying that Canada's diversity is its greatest competitive advantage - "our weapon of mass inclusion" - and called for a "non-ideological" approach to problem solving.

Re-elected in Vancouver Centre for a sixth term in 2008, Hedy Fry was appointed the Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage.

On November 21,2008, Liberal leadership candidate Bob Rae announced that Hedy Fry would serve as his Campaign Co-Chair in British Columbia.

Hedy Fry was re-elected in 2011 by a margin of approximately 2,000 votes.

In 2011, as the Liberals lost their designation as Official Opposition, Hedy Fry was named Liberal Critic for Health.

Hedy Fry currently serves as the Special Representative for Gender Issues at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, a role she has held since 2010.

Hedy Fry is a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, and the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic.