predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
new riding frank corbett maureen macdonald incumbent incumbent randy delorey nova scotia liberal party mla finance for clayton park west deputy premier minister of 1956 august 22 , 2013 5 , 2003 october 22 , 2013 october halifax , nova scotia diana whalen
 present present july 24 , 2015 diana whalen accountant
diana whalen

diana caroline whalen -lrb- born 1956 -rrb- is a canadian politician , who represented the electoral district of halifax clayton park in the nova scotia house of assembly from 2003-2013 , and clayton park west since 2013 , as a member of the nova scotia liberal party .
a native of halifax , whalen graduated with a ba and mba from dalhousie university .
whalen worked in south korea , australia and jamaica from 1980 to 1988 before returning to halifax to raise her family .
holding the designation certified management accountant -lrb- cma -rrb- , whalen worked as a management consultant for 15 years .
whalen was part of the planning team for the 21st g7 summit which took place in halifax from june 15-17 , 1995 .
in the late 1990s , whalen founded a community action group dedicated to seeing a new p-9 school built in her fast-growing neighbourhood of clayton park west .
