Editing Nancy MacBeth (section)

==Early political career==
MacBeth, then known as Nancy Betkowski, first entered electoral politics as an [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Alberta Progressive Conservative Party]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Edmonton-Glenora]] from 1986 to 1993 in the government of [[Don Getty]]. She was Minister of Education from 1986 to 1988, and was then appointed Minister of Health, serving in that position until 1992.

She then ran as a candidate in the party's 1992 leadership convention against [[Ralph Klein]].  Regarded by the membership as a [[Red Tory]], Betkowski became the preferred candidate of the party establishment.  However, Klein's [[populism|populist]] appeal won him the leadership, and Betkowski did not stand as a candidate in the [[1993 Alberta general election|1993 election]].