Joyce Hayden
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Joyce Hayden | |
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| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Whitehorse South Centre | |
| In office February 20, 1989 – October 19, 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Kimmerly |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1931 Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | March 7, 2009 (aged 77) Yukon, Canada |
| Party | New Democrat |
| Occupation | writer |
Joyce Sandra Hayden (September 20, 1931 – March 7, 2009) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1992. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Hayden was born in Glaslyn, Saskatchewan and raised in Birch Lake, Saskatchewan.[1] She married Earle Hayden in 1949, and the couple moved to the Yukon in 1953.
As founding president of the Yukon Status of Women Council, she spearheaded a campaign to institute a public transit system in Whitehorse, securing an $80,000 grant from Transport Canada to set up a community system, the Yukon Women's Minibus Society.[2] She was also active in the Girl Guides of Canada and the YWCA.
