Karen Haslam was born on April 19,1946 and is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
15 Facts About Karen Haslam
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Karen Haslam was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 and served as a minister in the government of Bob Rae.
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Karen Haslam was elected as a Rate Payer's trustee in Beaverbank, Nova Scotia in 1984, and as a school board trustee in Stratford in 1987.
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Karen Haslam ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election in the southwestern riding of Perth.
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Karen Haslam won the election defeating Liberal Gerry Teahen by 2,985 votes.
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The NDP won a majority government and Karen Haslam was appointed as a Deputy Speaker.
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In October 1991, a humorous incident occurred when Karen Haslam was escorting Prince Charles on a tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario when she caught her heel in a door sill and her shoe fell off.
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Karen Haslam managed a funding shortage that occurred at the AGO.
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Karen Haslam convened a task force to review the operation of the AGO led by Glenn Lowry.
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Karen Haslam subsequently emerged as a prominent opponent of the Rae government's Social Contract austerity legislation, which revised labour contracts and mandated unpaid leave days for many provincial workers.
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Karen Haslam was the only cabinet minister in the Rae government to resign on principle over this matter.
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Karen Haslam's decision won her the respect of many dissidents within the party.
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The NDP were defeated in the 1995 provincial election, and Karen Haslam lost her own seat to Progressive Conservative Bert Johnson, but she managed a credible second-place finish in a riding where the NDP had little historical support.
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In 1999, Karen Haslam supported Canadian Union of Public Employees workers in Stratford during a protracted strike in the city.
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In October 2005, Karen Haslam took on the position of Provincial Secretary of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.