Deanne Crothers is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in the 2011 election."NDP keeps urban strongholds"
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'', October 5, 2011. She represented the electoral district of St. James as a member of the

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caucus. On November 8, 2013 she was announced as the Special Envoy for Military Affairs. On November 3, 2014 she was named Minister of Healthy Living and Seniors. Crothers contested the 2016 election for St. James but was defeated by her Progressive Conservative opponent.

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