Myrna Fyfe
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1941|8|20}}
| birth_place = Simpson, Saskatchewan{{cite book|title=Who's Who of American Women, 1983-1984|author=Marquis Who's Who, LLC|date=1983|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=9780837904139|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cz2ppa_YfZ8C|accessdate=December 1, 2014}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
| constituency = St. Albert
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1986
| predecessor = Ernie Jamison
| successor = Bryan Strong
| party = Progressive Conservative
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| occupation = Hospital President
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Myrna Catherine Fyfe (born August 20, 1941) is a retired provincial level politician and hospital administrator from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1986.
Political career
Fyfe ran for a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1979 Alberta general election. She won the electoral district of St. Albert in a landslide defeating three other candidates.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1979&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert results 1979| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}}
Fyfe ran for a second term in the 1982 Alberta general election. The race for St. Albert was hotly contested that year as former St. Albert MLA Ernie Jamison ran against her. Despite a strong showing by opposition candidates Fyfe won the election with the largest popular vote ever in the St. Albert district.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1982&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert results 1982| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}}
She would run for a third term in the 1986 Alberta general election. Once again she faced Jamison and this time she was defeated by New Democrat candidate Bryan Strong who won the district by less than 200 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1986&Constit=St._Albert| title=St. Albert results 1986| publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=October 4, 2009}}
Awards
Fyfe was the 2007 recipient of the annual Capital Health President's Award for lifetime achievement in health and wellness, chosen for the honor by Capital Health boss Sheila Weatherill.{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.canoe.ca/hicksonsix/general/university-hospital-foundations-myrna-fyfe-honoured/ |access-date=2010-09-12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707215911/http://blogs.canoe.ca/hicksonsix/general/university-hospital-foundations-myrna-fyfe-honoured/ |archive-date=2012-07-07 |url-status=usurped |title=University Hospital Foundation's Myrna Fyfe Honoured « Hicks on Six }}
Late life
After her defeat from provincial politics Fyfe was appointed as President of University Hospital Foundation. She served in that position for 21 years before retiring in June 2008.{{cite news|title=Hicks On Six: People in the News|date=Apr 23, 2008|publisher=Edmonton Sun|url=http://blog.canoe.ca/hicksonsix/2008/04/23/people_in_the_news_jim_edwards_apegga_aw|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208135017/http://blog.canoe.ca/hicksonsix/2008/04/23/people_in_the_news_jim_edwards_apegga_aw|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 8, 2012|author=Graham Hicks}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101026192825/http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
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Category:Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Category:Women MLAs in Alberta
Category:People from Saskatchewan
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta