{{Short description|Canadian politician (1943–2017)}} {{Infobox CanadianSenator | image = | name= Eleanor Maroes | term_start= 2005 | term_end= 2005 | birth_date= {{birth date|1943|7|20}} | death_date= {{death date and age|2017|1|13|1943|7|20}} | death_place= | party=Alberta Alliance Party | office= interim Leader of the Alberta Alliance Party | constituency = | predecessor = Randy Thorsteinson | successor = Paul Hinman | other_party=Reform Party of Canada | portfolio= | footnotes= }} '''Eleanor Maroes''' (July 20, 1943 &ndash; January 13, 2017)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edmontonjournal.remembering.ca/obituary/eleanor-maroes-1066039618 | title=Remembering the life of Eleanor Maroes }}</ref> was a former politician and life insurance agent from Alberta, Canada. She served as interim leader of the Alberta Alliance Party in 2005.

==Political activities== Maroes ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 Canadian federal election as a Reform candidate in the riding of Edmonton Southeast. She was defeated by incumbent David Kilgour, finishing a close second out of the field of five candidates.<ref name="1997elec">{{cite web|title=Edmonton Southeast Results|date=June 2, 1997|publisher=Parliament of Canada |url= http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Cresdetail&Election=8900 |accessdate=January 6, 2012}}</ref>

Maroes would become involved in provincial politics with the Alberta Alliance Party when it was formed in 2002. She held a number of executive positions in the party and contested as a candidate in the 2004 Alberta general election as a candidate in the provincial electoral district of Edmonton-Ellerslie. She was defeated finishing fourth out of fifth in the open race losing to Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri.<ref name="2004 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ab.ca/Public%20Website/files/Statements/30.pdf |title=Edmonton-Ellerslie Statement of Official Results 2004 Alberta general election | publisher=Elections Alberta | accessdate=January 6, 2012}}</ref>

After the election, Randy Thorsteinson resigned as leader and Maroes who was serving on the executive was appointed to manage the party until a leadership convention was held. She led the party under a very fractious leadership race until Paul Hinman was chosen as leader on November 19, 2005.

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