riding predecessor successor birth_place party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
halifax stewart mcinnes alexa mcdonough halifax , nova scotia liberal 13 january 1948 1988 mary clancy
 22 september 1997 mary clancy
mary clancy

mary catherine clancy -lrb- born 13 january 1948 in halifax , nova scotia -rrb- was a member of the house of commons of canada from 1988 to 1997 .
by career , she was a lawyer .
clancy won the halifax electoral district for the liberal party in the 1988 and 1993 federal elections .
after serving in the 34th and 35th canadian parliaments , clancy was defeated in the 1997 federal election by new democratic party leader alexa mcdonough .
subsequently in 1997 , she was appointed canadian consul general to boston .
from 2002 to 2003 , clancy was president of burlington college in burlington , vermont .
her resignation after less than a year was attributed to her not having raised sufficient money for the college .
the 1997 federal election competition between clancy and mcdonough is the subject of the 1999 national film board documentary `` why women run '' .
