{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bonnie Hickey | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|3|5}} | birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | riding = St. John's East | term_start = 1993 | term_end = 1997 | predecessor = Ross Reid | successor = Norman Doyle | profession = | party = Liberal | footnotes = | website = }} '''Patricia "Bonnie" Hickey''' (born 5 March 1955) is a former Canadian politician. Hickey was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997.
== Biography == Hickey was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was elected to represent the electoral district of St. John's East in the 1993 federal election as a member of the Liberal party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spears |first=John |date=26 October 1993 |title=Liberal wave gives East Coast loud voice in House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-windsor-star-liberal-wave-gives-east/144287458/ |work=Windsor Star |agency=Toronto Star |location=New Glasgow, Nova Scotia |page=B2 |access-date=28 March 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Bonnie Hickey served in the 35th Canadian Parliament after which she was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Norman Doyle in the 1997 federal election.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=3 June 1997 |title=Election '97 Winners & Losers |url= |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto, Ontario |page=A10 |access-date= |id={{ProQuest|384834138}}}}</ref>
In 1998, she lost to Stephen LeDrew in her bid to become president of the Liberal Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/17/30/News/feature2.html |newspaper=NOW magazine |location=Toronto |volume=17 |issue=30 |date=26 March 1998 |accessdate=13 April 2009 |first=Enzo |last=DiMatteo |title=He speaks but he does not hear |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224429/http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/17/30/News/feature2.html |archivedate=26 September 2007 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/former-mp-gets-government-job-1.179738 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104112952/http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/1999/10/25/nf_hickey991025.html | url-status=live | archive-date=4 November 2012 | publisher=CBC News | access-date=15 October 2024 | date=25 October 1999 | title=Former MP Gets Government Job }}</ref>
Hickey unsuccessfully ran for the provincial Liberal nomination in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi for the 2015 election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=51425&latest=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215235010/http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=51425&latest=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2014|title=Former Liberal MP vying for Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi nomination|work=VOCM.com|date=15 December 2014|accessdate=14 January 2015}}</ref>
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