Linda Duncan
Politician
1949 –
Who is Linda Duncan?
Linda Francis Duncan is a Canadian lawyer and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament for the riding of Edmonton—Strathcona in Alberta. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and, since 2008, she has been the only MP from an Alberta riding not a member of the Conservative Party. Since her election to 40th Parliament in October 2008, she has served as a member of the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, as well as the NDP caucus' Environment Critic. Prior to her election, she ran unsuccessfully in the same riding in 2006.
Duncan has spent most of her life in Edmonton. She graduated the University of Alberta's undergraduate and law programs and founded Edmonton's Environmental Law Centre. She practiced law, specializing in environmental law, in the city until 1987 when she moved to Ottawa to work for Environment Canada. She spent time in Whitehorse working as an assistant deputy in the Yukon government, then Montreal working in NAFTA's Commission for Environmental Cooperation. She attained a Masters of Law at Dalhousie Law School and spent several years on the Sierra Legal Defence Fund's Board of Directors.
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- Born
- Jun 25, 1949
Edmonton - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Edmonton
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on July 23, 2013
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