On full scholarship, she completed three of four years of her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education with top honours at the University of Saskatchewan.

After traveling the world for a couple of years, Wagantall and her husband entered into a partnership in a lumberyard and contracting business in Springside.

Upon returning to Edmonton in 1998, Wagantall worked for ten years at Taylor University College and Seminary in development, accounting and student loans.

In 2004 Wagantall served on the Conservative Party of Canada Board of Directors for Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont as the election readiness chair, president and financial agent.

She door-knocked with then-candidate Tim Uppal against incumbent David Kilgour, and served as campaign manager for Mike Lake in 2006 and 2008.

During the ensuing 43rd Canadian Parliament, she introduced one private member bill, Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion) which sought to create a new offense within the Criminal Code, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment, applicable to medical practitioners who perform an abortion based solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.

Wagantall claimed that this was to "misrepresent thousands of law-abiding, hard-working Canadian truckers and millions across the nation supporting them."