Career
She is also a former municipal and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. Burgener was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election. She ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Calgary Currie.
The race also included Alberta Political Alliance leader Mark Waters who made a strong fourth place showing.
She stood for office for a second term in the 1997 Alberta general election winning a reduced plurality but still finishing with a wide margin over the field of four other candidates.