Peggy Wright is a Canadian politician from the

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who was elected as a Member of the

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for

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in the

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. As of June 21, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for Labour and as the Deputy Chair of the Official Opposition caucus. She was the party's provincial president of the youth wing. Wright has worked as a teacher for more than 20 years and prior to her election to the Legislature worked as an assistant principal.

Personal life

Her father Keith Wright was the CCF candidate in

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in the 1959 provincial election and was elected president of the national NDP youth wing in 1961. Wright's mother, Kathleen Wright, was a longtime NDP activist who stood as a provincial candidate in Edmonton-Gold Bar in

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and Edmonton-Avonmore in

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Electoral history

References

Living people Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Canadian women educators Canadian schoolteachers Politicians from Edmonton Women MLAs in Alberta 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta {{Alberta-MLA-stub