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Born in St. Catharines, Ontario , she received a BA and a MA from Queen's University and a Ph.D in political science from Harvard University in 1949 . She later taught at Carleton University in political science and served as Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies. In the 1962 Federal Election , she ran as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Northumberland . She lost by 758 votes to the Progressive Conservative candidate Harry Bradley . In the 1963 Election , she defeated Harry Bradley by 505 votes. However, in the 1965 Election , she lost to a different Progressive Conservative candidate, George Hees , by 563 votes. After Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the '' War Measures Act '' during the October Crisis , she quit the Liberal Party and joined the New Democratic Party . She ran as a NDP candidate in the 1972 Election in the riding of Ottawa West , but came in third, losing to the Progressive Conservative candidate, Peter Reilly . In 1974 , she moved to British Columbia as president of Simon Fraser University . She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university. In the 1979 Election , she was elected in the riding of New Westminster—Coquitlam . She was re-elected in the 1980 and 1984 Elections . In 1992, she was appointed to the Privy Council . In 1991, she was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . She was chancellor of Carleton University from 1990 until her death from cancer in 1992. REFERENCES |
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