Eleanor Maroes (July 20, 1943 – January 13, 2017)[1] was a former politician and life insurance agent from Alberta, Canada.
Maroes ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 Canadian federal election as a Reform candidate in the riding of Edmonton Southeast.
She was defeated finishing fourth out of fifth in the open race losing to Liberal candidate Bharat Agnihotri.
[3] After the election, Randy Thorsteinson resigned as leader and Maroes who was serving on the executive was appointed to manage the party until a leadership convention was held.
She led the party under a very fractious leadership race until Paul Hinman was chosen as leader on November 19, 2005.