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Born in Magnetawan, Ontario , she moved to Webbwood , west of Sudbury , in 1909 to work as a schoolteacher. She married Joseph Hanley, a Canadian Pacific Railway foreman, in 1913 . She subsequently served on the public school board from 1923 to 1935 , and then served one year on the town council. On January 6 , 1936 , Hanley made history when she defeated Robert Streich by 13 votes in the town's election. She served as mayor of Webbwood for eight years, and championed the establishment of a home for the aged in the Sudbury District . She stepped down as mayor in 1944 , and served for four more years as the town clerk and treasurer before retiring. Hanley died on January 26, 1959 in Sudbury. She was buried in Burk's Falls . EXTERNAL LINK |
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