Hedy Fry
- Born
- August 6, 1941 — San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
- Family
- Has three adult sons and four grandchildren
- Education
- Equivalent of a BSc; medical training at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland
- Career
- Physician, St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) for 23 years, president of the British Columbia Federation of Medical Women in 1977, the Vancouver Medical Association from 1988 to 89, and the BC Medical Association from 1990 to 91. Chaired the Canadian Medical Association's Multiculturalism Committee from 1992 to 1999. Host on the nationally televised CBC show Doctor Doctor.
- Political Experience
- Elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1993, re-elected in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2025. Served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare from 1993 until 1996 when she was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Status of Women. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration with special emphasis on Foreign Credentials. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development with special emphasis on the Internationally Trained Workers Initiative. Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage. Liberal Critic for Health. Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, and the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Heads Canada's delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, and is the Special Representative for gender issues.
- Notable
- Canada's longest-serving female Member of Parliament. First person to unseat a sitting prime minister in their first run for office. Fifth person to unseat a sitting prime minister. Launched leadership campaign saying that Canada's diversity is its greatest competitive advantage - "our weapon of mass inclusion" - and called for a "non-ideological" approach to problem solving.
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on Health. C-234 The report concerns Bill, an act respecting the establishment and award of a living donor recognition medal. The committee studied the bill and has decided to report the bill back to the House with amendments. I also have the honour to present in both official [more]
Mr. Speaker, as we enter the fifth year of Russia's invasion of sovereign Ukraine, I want to bring attention to the ongoing abduction of Ukrainian children. Over 35,000 Ukrainian children have been abducted since the start of the war, stolen from their families through manipulation, coercion and violence, and relocated to Russia for ideological re-education, military training and abuse. Only [more]