Nancy Heppner (born 1971) is a former

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member of the

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, who represented the constituency of Martensville-Warman and its predecessor Martensville from 2007 to 2020.

Early life

She was born in

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, and graduated from high school in 1989. She went on to postsecondary education at the

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Political career

Heppner got involved in politics in 1995, doorknocking for her father

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. In 2000 she became the executive assistant for Member of Parliament

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. She then moved on as Question Period coordinator for Stephen Harper until 2005. Nancy worked for the Honourable Bev Oda (Minister of Canadian Heritage; MP for Durham) as her Director of Communications in early 2006. Her father died from cancer in 2006 and was the previous MLA for Martensville. Heppner won a by-election for the electoral district of

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with 77% of the vote on March 5, 2007 for the

. She became the first woman in

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history to directly succeed her father as a representative in the Legislative Assembly for the same constituency, and the second woman to follow in her father's footsteps as an MLA. Heppner was named Environment Critic by the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition,

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on March 12, 2007. Heppner retained her seat in the general election of November 7, 2007, capturing 73.5% of the vote. She was sworn into the new Saskatchewan Party cabinet as Minister of the Environment on November 21, 2007. On June 29, 2010 she was shuffled out of cabinet. Heppner served in cabinet several times again for various portfolios, and left cabinet for the final time in February 2018. Heppner did not seek re-election in the

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Cabinet positions

References

External links

Nancy Heppner campaign websiteNancy Heppner MLA Martensville website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heppner, Nancy 1971 births Living people Women government ministers of Canada Members of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Party MLAs University of British Columbia alumni Women MLAs in Saskatchewan People from Swift Current 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians