Carney, Patricia "Pat"


CARNEY, Patricia "Pat," economist, journalist, politician (b 26 May 1935, Shanghai, China; d 25 July 2023, Vancouver). Her grandparents were homesteaders in the OKANAGAN VALLEY and she grew up in NELSON. After studying economics at UBC she graduated with an MA in regional planning and worked as a journalist for local NEWSPAPERS. In 1970 she started her own consulting business in the Northwest Territories. She served as Conservative MP for Vancouver Centre from 1980 to 1988; after the...

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