Municipal Carroll began her career in politics as a
Barrie City councillor, representing the downtown Barrie ward.
Federal In 1997, Carroll won the Liberal nomination for the newly created riding of
Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford. She went on to win the 1997 election by 7,507 votes, and was re-elected again in 2000. She was elected in 2004 in the newly created riding of
Barrie. Carroll served as Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2003. Carroll was a supporter of
Paul Martin's leadership bid leading up to the
2003 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. Carroll supported Michael Ignatieff during the
2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, serving as his Ontario campaign co-chair with former
DFAIT cabinet colleague
Jim Peterson.
Cabinet positions Provincial In 2007, she ran as the
Liberal candidate in the provincial riding of
Barrie for the
2007 provincial election and defeated incumbent
MPP Joe Tascona. She was appointed to
provincial cabinet of Premier
Dalton McGuinty as
Minister of Culture and as
Minister Responsible for Seniors shortly after that election. She was relieved of her cabinet posts in January 2010. In 2011, she announced she would not run for re-election in the riding of Barrie. After her term as an MPP, she continued her association with the Liberal party, serving as vice president to the Barrie riding association. In 2012, she supported
Kathleen Wynne in the
2013 leadership election. == Personal life ==