Karen Kraft Sloan

Politician

1952 –

84

Who is Karen Kraft Sloan?

Karen Kraft Sloan was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. By career, she is a teacher and consultant.

She first won election to Parliament for the York—Simcoe electoral district during the 1993 federal election. The 1997 and 2000 general elections saw her return to Parliament in the York North riding, which was formed after a restructuring of electoral district boundaries. Karen Kraft Sloan thus served in the 35th, 36th, and 37th Canadian Parliaments.

After retiring from politics in 2004, she was appointed as Canada's Ambassador for the Environment on 16 February 2005. The appointment was announced by Stéphane Dion and Pierre Pettigrew who were respectively the Canadian Ministers of Environment and Foreign Affairs at the time.

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Born
Apr 3, 1952
Canada
Nationality
  • Canada
Education
  • York University
  • Brock University
  • University of Windsor
Lived in
  • Kitchener

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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