Early Years
Born Marilyn Trenholme in Baie Verte, New Brunswick, she is the daughter of Mildred Baxter Trenholme and the late Harry Frederick Trenholme. She married Kenneth Walter Counsell in 1972.
Trenholme Counsell has an undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University and a medical degree from the University of Toronto. She worked as a nutritionist and family physician in Sackville, New Brunswick before entering politics in 1987. She was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tantramar in the 1987 General Election and served until 1997. During this time, from 1994 to 1997 she also served in the cabinet as Minister of State for the Family and Minister of State for Family and Community Services.
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