Lorraine Michael
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Lorraine Michael MHA |
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| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for St. John's East-Quidi Vidi Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (2006-2015) |
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Assumed office November 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Harris |
| Leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party | |
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In office May 28, 2006 – March 7, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Harris |
| Succeeded by | Earle McCurdy |
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| Born | March 27, 1943 |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic Nun, Teacher, School Administrator, Social Activist |
Lorraine Michael MHA (born March 27, 1943) is a social-democratic Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015, Michael had been the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (NDP). She is a former nun, teacher, and social activist. On November 1, 2006, she was elected Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the district of Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi, and re-elected the following year in the provincial election, and again in 2011. On January 6, 2015, Michael announced her resignation of leader of the NDP following a leadership election which took place on March 7, 2015. Michael successfully contested the 2015 provincial election in the district of St. John's East-Quidi Vidi.
Michael was born on March 27, 1943, to a Lebanese-Canadian family in St. John's, Newfoundland. She is a former Roman Catholic nun who has completed degrees at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Toronto. She started her career as a high school teacher on Bell Island, and was a junior high school principal and teacher in Baie Verte, the Codroy Valley, on the Burin Peninsula, and in St. John's.
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