Q:Facts: - profession: farmer , lawyer , teacher - residence: calgary , alberta - parliament: canadian - successor: tbd '' riding abolished '' - party: conservative - riding: calgary -- nose hill calgary north - predecessor: '' new riding '' al johnson - spouse: ron sauer - otherparty: reform -lrb- 1993-2000 -rrb- canadian alliance -lrb- 2000-2003 -rrb- - term end: 2015 1997 - term start: 1997 1993 - birth date: 06 may 1949 - name: diane ablonczy - image: diane ablonczy -lrb- 2 -rrb- . jpg - birth place: peoria , illinois , u.s. - religion: evangelical christian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of diane ablonczy .
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diane ablonczy pc -lrb- ; born may 6 , 1949 -rrb- is a former canadian member of parliament who served in the canadian house of commons representing calgary ridings from 1993 to 2015 sitting first with the reform party of canada , then with the canadian alliance and finally with the conservative party of canada .she served as the minister of state for foreign affairs -lrb- americas and consular affairs -rrb- from january 4 , 2011 to july 15 , 2013 .she was previously appointed minister of state -lrb- seniors -rrb- on january 19 , 2010 .she held the position of minister of state -lrb- small business and tourism -rrb- from october 30 , 2008 , secretary of state -lrb- small business and tourism -rrb- from august 14 , 2007 , and served as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance from february 2006 .previously , ablonczy served as chief opposition critic for citizenship and immigration , health , and human resources development .ablonczy was first elected to the house of commons in 1993 as the reform party member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for calgary north .in the riding redistribution of 1996 the riding of calgary north ceased to exist and ablonczy was re-elected as mp for calgary -- nose hill in 1997 -lrb- reform party -rrb- , 2000 -lrb- canadian alliance -rrb- , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 and 2011 -lrb- conservative party -rrb- .on july 4 , 2013 , ablonczy announced she would not seek re-election in the 2015 federal election .