Karen Redman
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{{Infobox CanadianMP | name=Karen Redman
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| term_start=[[Canadian federal election, 1997|1997]]
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| predecessor= [[John English]]
| birth_date= {{birth date and age |1953|1|8}}
| birth_place= [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
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| party=[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| party colour=Liberal
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| riding=[[Kitchener Centre]]
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| spouse=Warren Redman
| residence=[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]
| religion=[[Presbyterian]]
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'''Karen Redman''', [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] (born Karen Longo, [[January 8]], [[1953]], in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[politician]]. She has been a member of the [[Canadian House of Commons]] since 1997, representing the [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Kitchener Centre]] for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]. She served as Chief Government [[Whip (politics)|Whip]] in the 2004-05 Parliament, and is now the Chief Official Opposition Whip.
After completing high school at Eastwood Collegiate, Redman went on to graduate from the [[University of Waterloo]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in English in 1974. She subsequently worked as a writer, and was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Learning Disabilities Association and the Canadian Federation of University Women. She has been an elder in Kitchener's St. Andrew's [[Presbyterian]] Church since 1991.
Redman served as a trustee on the Waterloo County Board of Education from 1988 to 1994, and was a councillor for the City of Kitchener and the [[Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario]] from 1994 to 1997.
She was first elected to parliament in the [[Canadian federal election, 1997|federal election of 1997]], defeating former [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[John Reimer]] by over 10,000 votes. She was re-elected by comfortable margins in the elections of [[Canadian federal election, 2000|2000]], [[Canadian federal election, 2004|2004]], and [[Canadian federal election, 2006|2006]].
Redman served as [[parliamentary secretary]] to the [[Minister of the Environment (Canada)|Minister of the Environment]] from 2000 to 2003. She was named Chief Government Whip on [[July 20]], [[2004]]. Following the Liberal defeat in the 2006 election, she was named Chief Opposition Whip.
==External links==
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=c18998a2-e425-42bc-a39f-0e59d383c569&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]
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|NAME=Redman, Karen
|ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Longo, Karen (birth name)
|SHORT DESCRIPTION=Canadian politician
|DATE OF BIRTH=[[January 8]], [[1953]]
|PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|DATE OF DEATH=living
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[[Category:1953 births]]
[[Category:Canadian Presbyterians]]
[[Category:Current Members of the Canadian House of Commons]]
[[Category:Canadians of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Canadians of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario]]
[[Category:People from Kitchener, Ontario]]
[[Category:University of Waterloo alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian women Members of Parliament]]
[[fr:Karen Redman]]