Marlene Cowling

Marlene Cowling
Member of Parliament for Dauphin—Swan River
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	Brian White
Succeeded by	Inky Mark
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-26) 26 August 1941 Dauphin, Manitoba
Political party	Liberal
Profession	farmer

Marlene Cowling (born 26 August 1941 in Dauphin, Manitoba) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997 in the Dauphin—Swan River electoral district. By career, she is a farmer.

Cowling was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the 1993 federal election. She was defeated by Inky Mark of the Reform Party in the 1997 election.

Electoral record

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Inky Mark	12,668	35.49	+5.96	$32,650
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Boguski	7,716	21.62	+5.85	$50,353
	New Democratic	Betty Findlay	7,575	21.22	-0.97	$48,818
	Liberal	Marlene Cowling	7,408	20.75	-10.98	$44,417
	Independent	Tony Riley	326	0.91	+0.13	$2,130
Total valid votes			35,693	100.00
Total rejected ballots			122	0.34	–
Turnout			35,815	65.4	–
	Reform gain from Liberal		Swing		-8.5

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Marlene Cowling	10,600	31.73	+12.10
	Reform	Dale Brown	9,865	29.53	+26.13
	New Democratic	Stan Struthers	7,412	22.19	-11.20
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Galloway	5,267	15.77	-25.60
	Canada Party	Tony Riley	260	0.78
Total valid votes			33,404	100.00
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing	-18.85

References

• Marlene Cowling – Parliament of Canada biography