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Born in Shediac, New Brunswick , she graduated from Mount Allison University in 1921 with a B.A. and studied law at Dalhousie University . She was the first woman elected, in 1950, to the Fredericton City Council and was the first woman deputy mayor in 1953 . She was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1953 and was the first woman Speaker of the Senate from 1972 to 1974 . She retired in 1975 . In 1974 , she was sworn to the Privy Council . In 1997 she was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . |
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