Charlotte Beatrice Louise Feltham (22 March 1935 – 25 May 2020) was a member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1988 to 1993. She was a
businessperson
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by career.
Feltham began her political career by serving as councillor and reeve of
Rocky View County
Rocky View County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada that is named for its views of the nearby Rocky Mountains to the west. It surrounds most of Calgary, forming the city's northern boundary and most of the city's western and e ...
from 1974 until 1988. She was elected in the
1988 federal election at the new
electoral district
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of
Wild Rose for the
Progressive Conservative Party. She served in the
34th Canadian Parliament
The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988, until September 8, 1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21, 1988, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it w ...
but lost to
Myron Thompson of the
Reform Party in the
1993 federal election. She died in Calgary on 25 May 2020.
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1935 births
2020 deaths
20th-century Canadian women politicians
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
People from Newfoundland (island)
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Women in Alberta politics
Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
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