Diane Finley [SEP] educated at
Diane Finley was raised in Port Dover and Charlotteville in Norfolk County, Ontario, and has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. After graduation, she became the administrator of Western's French Immersion School. She then worked in a series of private and public sector jobs, in a variety of fields. She was named "one of Canada's future leaders" by the Governor-General's Study Conference 2000. As a child, she participated in Girl Guides of
Canada youth programs.
Her husband was Doug Finley who was a Senator and former campaign manager and director of political operations for the Conservative Party of Canada. The pair met while Diane was working as a summer hire at Rolls Royce where Doug was an executive.
In 2006, Finley announced that she has Graves' disease, a non-life-threatening thyroid condition which causes increased sensitivity to bright lights and forces her to wear tinted glasses.
Political career.
Finley has promoted increased private-sector involvement in