Marilyn Coles-Hayley for Bonavista South Liberal Nomination

Marilyn is from Elliston and has lived and worked in the Bonavista region for all of her life. She has held many positions with the College of the North Atlantic and for the last 23 years has worked as Campus Administrator of the Bonavista Campus. Marilyn was also Founder and Managing Director of the Bonavista Institute for Cultural Tourism, a Centre of Excellence for Atlantic Canada in Cultural Tourism Training. Marilyn's passion is community economic development. She has volunteered on numerous committees throughout the region and has been involved in many regional initiatives with the goal of stimulating the local economy. Some of the committees for which she has volunteered include the Regional Council of the Rural Secretariat, the Discovery Trail Tourism Association, the Action Committee for Tourism, the Bonavista Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bonavista Area Historic Townscape Foundation, the Discovery Geopark Committee, the Eastern Destination Management Committee, the Home from the Sea Memorial Board of Directors, and, for the past 17 years, as Chairperson of Tourism Elliston. If elected as your representative for Bonavista South, Marilyn will work tirelessly on your behalf to build upon the strengths of our fishery, tourism, and agricultural sectors; to support regional initiatives leading to economic diversification; to advocate for health care and policies to support rural sustainability; and to strongly represent the opportunities and challenges of this region at the provincial table.