Background
Collins, Mary was born on September 26, 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Daughter of Fredrick Claude and Isabel Margaret (Copp) Wilkins.
management consultant Canadian legislator
Collins, Mary was born on September 26, 1940 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Daughter of Fredrick Claude and Isabel Margaret (Copp) Wilkins.
Student, University British Columbia. Student, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Royal Rds.
Military College, 1994.
She retained her seat in the 1988 federal election for the redistributed riding of Capilano—Howe Sound. She also served as Minister responsible for the Status of Women from 1990 to 1993. In January 1993, she became Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State for the environment as well as Status of Women
When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as Personal Computer leader and prime minister in June 1993, she promoted Collins to the positions of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Amateur Sport.
Her career ended that fall with the defeat of the Campbell government and the loss of her own parliamentary seat in the 1993 federal election.
After leaving politics, Collins was President of the British Columbia Health Association. She served as an honorary co-chair of the women"s campaign school of the Canadian Women Voters Congress, as a consultant in promoting women"s political development in Vietnam and Ukraine.
She then spent five years in Russia (2002-2007) working on a health reform project in Chuvashia and for the World Health Organization in Moscow. As of March 2008, she is the Director of the British Columbia Healthy Living Alliance Secretariat| and most recently as well, Chair of the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada.
She also has received the Queen"s Jubilee Award.
She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Capilano, British Columbia. She currently serves as a member of the Vancouver Police Board, the Boards of Royal Roads University, Emerging Leaders Dialogues Canada Incorporated.,Vancouver Opera Foundation and the Arts Club Theatre of Vancouver.
Children: David, Robert, Sarah.