Margaret Jean Anderson
Canadian businesswoman and politician
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Margaret Jean Anderson (August 7, 1915 – December 8, 2003) was a Canadian businesswoman and senator.
Margaret Jean Anderson | |
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| Senator for Northumberland-Miramichi, New Brunswick | |
| In office March 23, 1978 – August 7, 1990 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 7, 1915 |
| Died | December 8, 2003 (aged 88) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Relations | William Stafford Anderson, father |
Born in Burnt Church, New Brunswick, she was president of the family business, W.S. Anderson and Company Ltd., a lumber company.
From 1972 to 1976, she was president of the New Brunswick Women's Liberal Association.
In 1978, she was summoned to the senate on the advice of Pierre Trudeau representing the senatorial division of Northumberland--Miramichi, New Brunswick. She sat as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and retired at the age of 75 in 1990.
Anderson was a past president of the United Church Women (UCW), and a former member of the St. James & St. John's United Church, as well as of the Miramichi Historical Society, and Newcastle Curling Club.[1]
Anderson died in Miramichi, New Brunswick on December 8, 2003 [1]
