Margaret Mitchell (Canadian politician)
(1925-2017)
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Margaret Anne Mitchell OBC (née Learoyd; July 17, 1925 – March 8, 2017) was a Canadian social activist and the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East from 1979 until 1993. A social worker by profession, she was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 federal election. In 1980, she voted against a pay raise for MPs, and subsequently donated her additional pay to charity establishing the Margaret Mitchell Fund for Women.
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Margaret Anne Learoyd 17 July 1925 Brockville, Ontario
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8 March 2017 (aged 91) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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