Aileen Carroll

The Honourable Aileen Carroll
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Barrie
In office 2007–2011
Preceded by	Joe Tascona
Succeeded by	Rod Jackson
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Barrie Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford (1997-2004)
In office June 2, 1997 – January 23, 2006
Preceded by	Ed Harper
Succeeded by	Patrick Brown
Personal details
Born	(1944-06-01) June 1, 1944 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	D. Kevin Carroll
Children	2
Residence	Barrie, Ontario
Occupation	Businesswoman
Religion	Roman Catholic

Margaret Aileen Carroll, PC, (born June 1, 1944) is a former Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, and later Ontario's Minister of Culture.

Personal life

Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary's University (1965) and a Bachelor of Education from York University (1989). She was a partner in a small manufacturing and retail business. Carroll's husband, D. Kevin Carroll, Q.C., is the President of the Canadian Bar Association from 2009-2010. They have two grown children, Daniel and Joanna.

Political career

Municipal

Carroll began her career in politics as a Barrie City councillor, representing the downtown Barrie ward.

Federal

In 1997, Carroll sought and won the Liberal nomination for the newly created Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford. She went on to win the 1997 election with a sizable margin, and was re-elected again in 2000. After merger of the conservative parties, she was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of Barrie with a substantially reduced margin of victory.

Carroll served as Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003. A staunch Paul Martin supporter, Carroll was named Minister for International Cooperation, responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, when Paul Martin became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. She retained that portfolio until the Liberals were defeated in 2006, when she lost her seat to her 2004 challenger Patrick Brown.

27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet Post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Susan Whelan	Minister for International Cooperation 2003–2006	Josée Verner

Provincial

She subsequently stood as Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the provincial Barrie riding for the 2007 Ontario election, and defeated incumbent MPP Joe Tascona, who was also Brown's uncle. She was named to the provincial cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election. She was relieved of her cabinet posts in January 2010. In 2011, she announced she would not run for re-election in the riding of Barrie.

Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty
Cabinet Post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Caroline DiCocco	Minister of Culture 2007–2010 Also Responsible for Seniors	Michael Chan

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 1997: Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	23,549	43.28
	Reform	Bonnie Ainsworth	16,042	29.62
	Progressive Conservative	John Trotter	10,735	19.82
	New Democratic	Peggy McComb	2,580	4.76
	Green	Marie Sternberg	506	0.93
	Christian Heritage	Dan Vander Kooi	421	0.78
	Canadian Action	Ian Woods	327	0.60

Canadian federal election, 2000: Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	26,309	48.27
	Alliance	Rob Hamilton	17,600	32.29
	Progressive Conservative	Jane MacLaren	7,588	13.92
	New Democratic	Keith Lindsay	2,385	4.38
	Canadian Action	Ian Woods	387	0.71
	Christian Heritage	Brian K. White	234	0.43

Canadian federal election, 2004: Barrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	21,233	42.7%
	Conservative	Patrick Brown	19,938	40.1%
	New Democratic	Peter Bursztyn	5,312	10.7%
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	3,288	6.6%

Canadian federal election, 2006: Barrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Patrick Brown	23,999	41.9%	+1.8%	$81,530
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	22,476	39.2%	-3.5%	$69,313
	New Democratic	Peter Bursztyn	6,984	12.2%	+1.5%	$14,496
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	3,874	6.8%	+0.2%	$19,036

Ontario general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	19,548	42.20%	+6.07%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Tascona	18,167	39.22%	-12.56%
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	4,385	9.47%	+7.37%
	New Democratic	Larry Taylor	3,700	7.99%	-1.27%
	Family Coalition	Roberto Sales	173	0.27%	-0.45%
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	168	0.32%	*
	Independent	Darren Roskam	102	0.22%	*
	Independent	Daniel Gary Predie	77	0.17%	*

External links

• Aileen Carroll – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History