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Daphne G. Jennings (born 26 January 1939 in North Vancouver, British Columbia) was a Canadian teacher and member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997.
She was elected as a Reform party candidate at the Mission—Coquitlam electoral district in the 1993 federal election. After serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament, Jennings did not seek a second term in Parliament and left federal politics after the 1997 election.
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