Facts: - birth name: christine janice elliott - portfolio: deputy leader -lrb- 2009-2015 -rrb- - party: progressive conservative - predecessor: '' new riding '' jim flaherty - birth date: 13 april 1955 - spouse: jim flaherty 1986 2014 died - office: ontario mpp - term end: august 28 , 2015 2007 - constituency: whitby -- oshawa whitby -- ajax - name: christine elliott - birth place: oshawa , ontario - successor: '' riding abolished '' - alma mater: university -rrb- of western ontario -lrb- b.a. , ll.b . - occupation: lawyer - imagesize: 180px - residence: whitby , ontario - children: 3 - term start: october 10 , 2007 2006 - image: christine elliott.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christine elliott .
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christine janice elliott -lrb- born april 13 , 1955 -rrb- is a former politician in ontario , canada .she was a progressive conservative member of provincial parliament in the legislative assembly of ontario who was elected in a by-election in 2006 until her resignation on august 28 , 2015 .she represented the riding of whitby -- oshawa , east of toronto .elliott was a candidate in the 2009 progressive conservative leadership election and came in third place behind winner tim hudak and runner-up frank klees .she was appointed as the party 's deputy leader in 2009 .she was a candidate for party leader but lost to federal mp patrick brown .