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Elsie Eleanore Wayne (born Fairweather) (born April 20 , 1932 in Shediac, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian politician. She announced her Retirement from politics on February 16 , 2004 and did not run for re-election in the 2004 Election To The Canadian House Of Commons . In 1977 , she was elected to the Saint John Municipal Council . In 1983 , she became the first female Mayor Of Saint John , and became extremely popular in that city. In the 1993 Election , she was only one of two Progressive Conservative Party candidates elected to Parliament, along with Jean Charest , in one of the worst election defeats of a political party in Canadian history. She was also the only non-liberal elected in Atlantic Canada that year. As a Member Of Parliament , she represented the riding of Saint John , New Brunswick . In 1998 , when Jean Charest resigned the leadership of the PC party to become leader of the Parti Libéral Du Québec , Wayne was appointed the party's Interim Leader , a post she held until Joe Clark was elected party leader later that year. She supported the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (led by Peter MacKay ) and the Canadian Alliance (led by Stephen Harper ) in 2003 . Politically, she was known as being Socially Conservative , opposing Same-sex Marriage , Abortion and decriminalization of Marijuana . Wayne proved to be controversial in frank comments such as: "If they (same-sex couples) are going to live together, they can go live together and shut up about it. There is no need of this foolishness." Fiscally, Wayne has been a strong believer in Canada's Social Safety Net and the Welfare State . She is also among Canada's most vocal Monarchist s. She is married to Richard Wayne and has two sons, Daniel and Stephen. EXTERNAL LINKS
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