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Carstairs Author of Dancing Backwards Senator Sharon Carstairs was introduced to politics at the dinner table in Halifax by her father, Harold Connolly, who was Nova Scotia Minister of Industry and Trade and later premier. He was appointed to the Senate in 1955. Combining this background with a desire to teach, Senator Carstairs earned a BA in political science and history at Dalhousie and an MA in teaching at Smith College in Massachusetts. She then taught in Massachusetts, Alberta and Manitoba in public, private and Catholic school systems. In Manitoba, she moved from being a campaign volunteer to run as a candidate. In 1988, as leader of the provincial Liberal Party, she became the first woman to lead the Official Opposition in a Canadian Legislative Assembly. She was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on September 15, 1994, served as Deputy Government Leader in the Senate from 1997 to 1999 and became Government Leader in January 2001. Later the same year, she assumed special responsibility for palliative care in Canada. Senator Carstairs is married to John Esdale Carstairs, a retired corporate lawyer and has two daughters, Catherine and Jennifer. Prior to co-authoring this book, she wrote an autobiographical bestseller, Not One of the Boys. |
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