Francene Cosman | |
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1st Mayor of Bedford | |
In office 1979–1982 | |
Succeeded by | Keith A. Roberts |
MLA for Bedford-Fall River | |
In office 1993–1999 | |
Preceded by | new riding |
Succeeded by | Peter G. Christie |
Personal details | |
Born | Windsor,Ontario | January 14,1941
Political party | Liberal |
Francene Jen Cosman (born January 14,1941) is a former nurse,businessperson and political figure in Nova Scotia,Canada. She represented Bedford-Fall River in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1993 to 1999 as a Liberal member. [1]
Cosman was born in 1941 at Windsor,Ontario [2] and received her R.N. from Saint John General Hospital in New Brunswick and continued her studies at the Margaret Hague school in Jersey City,New Jersey. Cosman served as a member of the municipal council for Halifax County from 1976 to 1979 [3] and was mayor of Bedford,Nova Scotia from 1979 to 1982. [4] She was president of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council Status of Women from 1982 to 1986. [5]
Cosman entered provincial politics in 1993,defeating Progressive Conservative Peter J. Kelly by 393 votes in the Bedford-Fall River riding. [6] [7] A backbench member of the John Savage government,she served as Deputy Speaker. [8] When Russell MacLellan took over as premier in July 1997,he appointed Cosman to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia as Minister of Community Services. [5] [9] Cosman was re-elected in the 1998 election,defeating Progressive Conservative Peter G. Christie by 313 votes. [10] [11] She retained the community services portfolio in a post-election cabinet shuffle, [12] but was given an additional role in cabinet as Minister of Human Resources when MacLellan shuffled his cabinet in December 1998. [13] Cosman did not reoffer in the 1999 election. [14]
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