Lynda Haverstock

Lynda Maureen Haverstock, CM, SOM ( born September 16, 1948 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian politician. From 1989 to 1995 she was chairman of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, 2000-2006 Vice- Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan.

Biography

As a result of early pregnancy Haverstock left in the tenth year of high school, but continued her education some years later. She studied education and earned a doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Saskatchewan. Haverstock opened a psychology practice and was a lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of New Brunswick. It also published papers on stress situations on farms.

1989 Haverstock became the chairman of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, which at that time was not represented in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Although the Liberals their share of the vote in 1991 more than doubled, it was only for her to win a parliamentary seat. In the elections of 1995, she was re-elected and the Liberals were able to increase their number of seats to 11. Despite this success, Haverstock had to leave the party chairmanship in the same year, as many party members accused her of being too moderate. She subsequently went from the party and remained until 1999 as independents in the provincial parliament.

Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn sworn Haverstock on 21 February 2000 as Vice- Governor of Saskatchewan. This representative office she held until August 1, 2006. Since November 2007 she has been on the board of the telecommunications company Shaw Communications.