Karen Redman 1470633 221381652 2008-06-24T07:48:14Z Demophon 1837101 {{Infobox CanadianMP | name=Karen Redman | image= | term_start=[[Canadian federal election, 1997|1997]] | term_end= | predecessor= [[John English]] | birth_date= {{birth date and age |1953|1|8}} | birth_place= [[Kitchener, Ontario]] | successor= | death_date= | death_place= | profession= | party=[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | party colour=Liberal | residence= | riding=[[Kitchener Centre]] | footnotes= | term_start2= | term_end2= | predecessor2= | successor2= | spouse=Warren Redman | residence=[[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] | religion=[[Presbyterian]] |}} '''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] {{Persondata |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 |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Redman, Karen}} [[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]]