Career
She was elected in the 1993 federal election at the Saint John"s East electoral district for the Liberal party. Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Norman Doyle in the 1997 federal election. In 1998, she lost to Stephen LeDrew in her bid to become president of the Liberal Party.
In the following year, she was employed by the province"s tourism ministry as part of the staff handling the Viking anniversary and Year 2000 special events.
Hickey is running for the provincial Liberal nomination in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi for the 2015 election.