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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1948)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Nancy MacBeth | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|size=100%}} | image = | alt = | caption = | office = [[Leader of the Opposition (Alberta)|Leader of the Opposition in Alberta]] | term_start = July 7, 1998 | term_end = March 11, 2001 | predecessor = [[Howard Sapers]] | successor = [[Ken Nicol (politician)|Ken Nicol]] | office1 = [[Alberta Liberal Party#Party leaders|Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party]] | term_start1 = April 18, 1998 | term_end1 = March 15, 2001 | predecessor1 = [[Grant Mitchell (politician)|Grant Mitchell]] | successor1 = Ken Nicol {{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |[[Executive Council of Alberta|Alberta Executive Council]] |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office2 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Health|Minister of Health]] | premier2 = [[Don Getty]] | term_start2 = September 8, 1988 | term_end2 = December 14, 1992 | predecessor2 = [[Marvin Moore]] {{small|(Hospitals and Medical Care)}} | successor2 = [[Shirley McClellan]] | office3 = [[List of Alberta provincial ministers#Minister of Education|Minister of Education]] | premier3 = [[Don Getty]] | term_start3 = May 26, 1986 | term_end3 = September 8, 1988 | predecessor3 = [[Neil Webber]] | successor3 = [[Jim Dinning]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}} {{Collapsed infobox section begin |last=yes |Parliamentary constituencies |titlestyle=border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder |embed=yes | office4 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly#Canada|Member]] of the<br />[[Legislative Assembly of Alberta]]<br />for [[Edmonton]] | term_start4 = June 17, 1998 | term_end4 = March 12, 2001 | predecessor4 = [[Grant Mitchell (politician)|Grant Mitchell]] | successor4 = [[Mark Norris (Canadian politician)|Mark Norris]] | constituency4 = [[Edmonton-McClung]] | term_start5 = May 8, 1986 | term_end5 = June 15, 1993 | predecessor5 = [[Lou Hyndman]] | successor5 = [[Howard Sapers]] | constituency5 = [[Edmonton-Glenora]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}}} | birth_name = Nancy Elliott | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|29}} | birth_place = [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada | nationality = | party = [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] (1998–present) | otherparty = [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservative]] (1982–1993) | spouse = Stefan Betkowski<br />Hilliard MacBeth | children = | residence = | alma_mater = [[University of Alberta]]<br />[[Université Laval]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = }} '''Nancy MacBeth''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}} ({{nee}} '''Elliott'''; born December 29, 1948) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician who was the leader of the [[Alberta Liberal Party]] and [[Leader of the Opposition (Alberta)|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1998 to 2001. She was the first female opposition leader in the province's history. ==Early life== Born in [[Edmonton]], Alberta, MacBeth received a Bachelor of Arts at the [[University of Alberta]], in [[French language|French]] and [[Russian language|Russian]]; studying [[Université Laval]], studying [[French Canadian]] literature. She subsequently worked as an executive assistant for several Alberta cabinet ministers. ==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]]. ==Liberal leader== She subsequently married portfolio manager and financial writer Hilliard MacBeth. She then returned to politics in 1998, running for the leadership of the Alberta Liberals after the resignation of [[Grant Mitchell (politician)|Grant Mitchell]]. Elected to be the MLA for [[Edmonton-McClung]], MacBeth tried to capitalize on discontent with Klein's government in some Alberta communities by reaching out to disaffected [[Red Tories]], but proved unable to connect with voters. In the [[2001 Alberta general election|2001 provincial election]], the Liberals won only seven seats, less than half as many as they had held before the election. Among the losses was MacBeth's own seat of Edmonton-McClung. The election left the party a million dollar debt that took about 10 years to pay off.<ref>{{cite web|last=Henton|first=Darcy|title=Liberal Leader Raj Sherman looking for a Prairie miracle|url=https://calgaryherald.com/health/Liberal+Leader+Sherman+looking+Prairie+miracle/5880853/story.html|publisher=Calgary Herald|access-date=December 19, 2011|date=December 19, 2011}}</ref> She left politics again, and was succeeded by [[Ken Nicol (politician)|Ken Nicol]] as party leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/macbeth-quits-1.284704|title=MacBeth Quits|publisher=CBC News|date=March 15, 2001|access-date=December 16, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{ABLOpp}} {{Alberta Liberal Party}} {{Getty Ministry}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Macbeth, Nancy}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Alberta Liberal Party MLAs]] [[Category:Female Canadian political party leaders]] [[Category:Leaders of the Alberta Liberal Party]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Executive Council of Alberta]] [[Category:Politicians from Edmonton]] [[Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs]] [[Category:Women MLAs in Alberta]] [[Category:Women government ministers of Canada]] [[Category:Women opposition leaders]] [[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
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