Carolyn Bennett
The Honourable Dr. Carolyn Bennett (born December 20, 1950, Toronto, Ontario) is the Member of Parliament for the riding of St. Paul's, a constituency located in Toronto, Canada. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Appointed in December 2003 by the Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin as Minister of State (Public Health). The Minister of State (Public Health) assists Minister of Health, Pierre Pettigrew.
Prior to her election in 1997, Dr. Bennett was a family physician and a founding partner of Bedford Medical Associates in downtown Toronto. She was President of the Medical Staff Association of Women's College Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Bennett served on the Boards of Havergal College, Women's College Hospital, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Medico-Legal Society of Toronto.
In 1986, Dr. Bennett received the Royal Life Saving Society Service Cross -- a Commonwealth award recognizing her more than twenty years of distinguished service. In 2002, she was the recipient of the coveted EVE Award for contributing to the advancement of women in politics and in 2003 received the first ever CAMIMH Mental Health Champion Award. Bennett is also author of Kill or Cure? How Canadians Can Remake their Health Care System, published in October 2000.
Dr. Bennett obtained her degree in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1974, and received her certification in Family Medicine in 1976. She and her husband, Canadian film producer Peter O?Brian, have two sons.
