Linda Duncan | |
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 Duncan in May 2015 | |
| Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona as Edmonton—Strathcona, 2008–2015 | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – October 20, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rahim Jaffer |
| Succeeded by | Heather McPherson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Linda Francis Duncan June 25, 1949 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
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Linda Francis Duncan (born June 25, 1949) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Edmonton Strathcona from 2008 until 2019. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Duncan was the only non-Conservative MP from Alberta from 2008 to 2015.
Before politics, Duncan founded and ran the Environmental Law Center and practised as an environmental lawyer, working in Edmonton until 1987 when she moved to Ottawa to work for Environment Canada. She then taught environmental law at Dalhousie Law School (now the Schulich School of Law) and advised the Government of Indonesia on environmental assessment and enforcement. She also spent time in Whitehorse working as an assistant deputy in the Yukon government, later consulting with Kluane First Nation and later in Montreal as Head Law and Enforcement for the NAFTA's Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Duncan also served on the Sierra Legal Defence Fund (now Ecojustice Canada) Board of Directors.