Aileen Carroll

The Honourable Aileen Carroll PC, MPP
Member of Provincial Parliament for Barrie
In office October 10, 2007 – 2011
Preceded by	Joe Tascona
Succeeded by	Rod Jackson
Minister of Culture of Ontario
In office October 30, 2007 – January 18, 2010
Premier	Dalton McGuinty
Preceded by	Caroline DiCocco
Succeeded by	Michael Chan
Member of Parliament for Barrie Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford (1997-2004)
In office 1997–2006
Preceded by	Ed Harper
Succeeded by	Patrick Brown
Minister for International Cooperation of Canada
In office December 12, 2003 – February 5, 2006
Prime Minister	Paul Martin
Preceded by	Susan Whelan
Succeeded by	Josée Verner
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Roman Catholic
Residence	Barrie, Ontario

Margaret Aileen Carroll, PC, MPP (born June 1, 1944, Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. She was the federal Minister for International Cooperation in the Paul Martin government, and later Ontario's Minister of Culture and Minister Responsible for Seniors.

Personal life

Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's University (1965) and a Bachelor of Education from York University (1989). Carroll's husband, D. Kevin Carroll, Q.C., is the President of the Canadian Bar Association from 2009-2010. They have two grown children, Daniel and Joanna.

Political career

Carroll began her career in politics as a Barrie City councillor, representing the downtown Barrie ward.

In the 1993 election, Simcoe Centre (predecessor of Barrie) was the only Ontario riding that did not elect a Liberal MP. In 1997, Carroll sought and won the Liberal nomination for the newly created Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford. She went on to win the 1997 election with a sizable margin, and was re-elected again in 2000. After merger of the conservative parties, she was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of Barrie with a substantially reduced margin of victory.

Carroll served as Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003. A staunch Paul Martin supporter, Carroll was named Minister for International Cooperation, responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, when Paul Martin became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. She retained that portfolio until the Liberals were defeated in 2006, when she lost her seat to her 2004 challenger Patrick Brown.

She subsequently stood as Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the provincial Barrie riding for the 2007 Ontario election, and defeated incumbent MPP Joe Tascona, who was also Brown's uncle. She was named to the provincial cabinet of Premier Dalton McGuinty as Minister of Culture and as Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election. She was relieved of her cabinet posts in January 2010. In 2011, she announced she would not run for re-election in the riding of Barrie

Electoral record

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	19,548	42.20%	+6.07%
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Tascona	18,167	39.22%	-12.56%
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	4,385	9.47%	+7.37%
	New Democrat	Larry Taylor]	3,700	7.99%	-1.27%
	Family Coalition	Roberto Sales	173	0.27%	-0.45%
	Libertarian	Paolo Fabrizio	168	0.32%	*
	Independent	Darren Roskam	102	0.22%	*
	Independent	Daniel Gary Predie	77	0.17%	*

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Patrick Brown	23,999	41.9%	+1.8%	$81,530
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	22,476	39.2%	-3.5%	$69,313
	New Democrat	Peter Bursztyn	6,984	12.2%	+1.5%	$14,496
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	3,874	6.8%	+0.2%	$19,036

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	21,233	42.7%
	Conservative	Patrick Brown	19,938	40.1%
	New Democrat	Peter Bursztyn	5,312	10.7%
	Green	Erich Jacoby-Hawkins	3,288	6.6%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aileen CARROLL	26,309
	Canadian Alliance	Rob HAMILTON	17,600
	Progressive Conservative	Jane MACLAREN	7,588
	New Democratic Party	Keith LINDSAY	2,385
	Canadian Action	Ian WOODS	387
	CHP	Brian K. WHITE	234

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Aileen Carroll	23,549
	Reform	Bonnie AINSWORTH	16,042
	Progressive Conservative	John TROTTER	10,735
	New Democratic Party	Peggy MCCOMB	2,580
	Green	Marie STERNBERG	506
	Christian Heritage	VANDER Dan KOOI	421
	Canadian Action	Ian WOODS	327

Related links

• Cabinet of Canada

External links

• Aileen Carroll's official MPP Site
• Aileen Carroll's Ontario Liberal Party biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History

• Aileen Carroll - Parliament of Canada biography

Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty
Cabinet Posts (2)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Caroline DiCocco	Minister of Culture 2007—2010	Michael Chan
Jim Bradley	Minister Responsible for Seniors 2007-2010	Gerry Phillips
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Preceded by Joe Tascona	Member of Provincial Parliament for Barrie 2007–	Succeeded by Incumbent
27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet Posts (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Susan Whelan	Minister for International Cooperation 2003–2006	Josée Verner
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by electoral district created in 1996 See Simcoe Centre and York—Simcoe	Member of Parliament for Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford 1997–2004	Succeeded by electoral district abolished in 2003
Preceded by riding created in 2003	Member of Parliament for Barrie 2004–2006	Succeeded by Patrick Brown