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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = File:Sindi Hawkins.jpg
| name = Sindi Hawkins
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|9|15}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|2010|9|21|1958|9|15}}
| death_place = [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]]
|assembly = British Columbia Legislative
|constituency_AM = [[Kelowna-Mission]]<br /><small>Okanagan West (1996-2001)</small>
|term_start = May 28, 1996
|term_end = May 12, 2009
|predecessor = [[Cliff Serwa]]
|successor = [[Steve Thomson (politician)|Steve Thomson]]
|office3 = Minister of Health Planning of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier3 = [[Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start3 = June 5, 2001
|term_end3 = January 26, 2004
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 =
|office4 = Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]
|premier4 = [[Gordon Campbell]]
|term_start4 = January 26, 2004
|term_end4 = June 16, 2005
|predecessor4 = [[Greg Halsey-Brandt]]
|successor4 = [[John van Dongen]]
| party = [[BC Liberal]]
| residence = [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]]
| occupation = nurse
}}

'''Satinder Kaur "Sindi" Hawkins''' (née '''Ahluwalia''') (September 15, 1958 – September 21, 2010)<ref>[http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Reference/Women_MLAs.pdf "Women MLAs in British Columbia"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035507/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Reference/Women_MLAs.pdf |date=2011-02-20 }}. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.</ref> was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who was the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Okanagan West]] from 1996 to 2001 and [[Kelowna-Mission]] from 2001 to 2009.

==Career==
Before being elected to provincial office, Hawkins was a [[registered nurse]] in general duty, intensive care, management, education and consulting. She held a post-graduate certificate in [[neuroscience]] nursing from the Montreal Neurological Hospital. She was recognized as one of the first nurses in Canada to be certified in neuroscience nursing by the Canadian Nurses Association. Hawkins then earned a law degree from the [[University of Calgary]] and set up her own company as a lawyer with an interest in medical-legal issues. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Hawkins was first elected in [[1996 British Columbia general election|1996]] and was re-elected in [[2001 British Columbia general election|2001]] and [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005]]. She served as Minister of Health Planning and as Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations. As Minister of Health Planning, she was responsible for a long-term strategy to train more doctors and nurses in [[British Columbia]]. As a result of this planning, B.C. has added medical school campuses at the [[University of Northern British Columbia]] in [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]], the [[University of Victoria]], and at [[UBC Okanagan]] in [[Kelowna]]. The B.C. Liberal government has also expanded the number of nurses being trained around the province. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

==Personal life==
In 2004, Hawkins was diagnosed with [[leukemia]] and waged a high-profile battle with the illness. She was saved as a result of a [[bone marrow transplant]] from her sister. Hawkins campaigned for cancer research and bone marrow donation awareness.<ref>[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=100c53e8-270e-4c92-88b9-5dad067d2670&k=41297 "Mother grateful for bone marrow gift"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817130356/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=100c53e8-270e-4c92-88b9-5dad067d2670&k=41297 |date=2009-08-17 }}. ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', May 11, 2006.</ref> On November 17, 2008, Hawkins announced that she would not run for re-election.<ref>[http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=5fce0748-25ad-464d-a548-359db22d7545 "Sindi Hawkins retires"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135244/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=5fce0748-25ad-464d-a548-359db22d7545 |date=2012-11-05 }}. ''Vancouver Sun'', November 18, 2008.</ref>

She died from leukemia on September 21, 2010, a week after her 52nd birthday.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/health/Former+Liberal+Sindi+Hawkins+loses+cancer+battle/3558193/story.html|title=Former Liberal MLA Sindi Hawkins loses cancer battle|date=September 21, 2010|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|accessdate=September 22, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923133315/http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Former+Liberal+Sindi+Hawkins+loses+cancer+battle/3558193/story.html|archive-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref>

In her honour, the cancer centre in Kelowna, BC was renamed the BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frenchtribune.com/teneur/117732-kelowna-cancer-centre-gets-new-name|title=Kelowna Cancer Centre Gets new Name|date=October 15, 2011|work=French Tribune|accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060613081043/http://sindihawkinsmla.bc.ca/ Sindi Hawkins political website]

{{Gordon Campbell Ministry}}

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