Sylvia Sutherland is a retired Canadian politician who was

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from 1986 to 1991 and from 1998 to 2006. Sutherland has a diploma in journalism from the

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, a BA (Hons) in history from

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, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the

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. She ran as the Liberal candidate against Progressive Conservative MP

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in the federal election of 1980, losing by 2,215 votes. Sutherland was also a Liberal candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1995 provincial election. She lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Gary Stewart. In March 2007, she was appointed to the

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for a 5-year term. On April 5, 2010, Sutherland hit a passenger van, killing the female passenger, Min-Hua Shao. Sutherland was convicted on August 10, 2010, of driving through a stop sign. Sutherland was fined $500, and donated $500 to a charity selected by the victim's family.

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