Jewett, Pauline

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  • Wiki Biography:
    • Pauline Jewett PC OC (11 December 1922 – 5 July 1992) was a Canadian academic and politician. In her political career, she served in the House of Commons of Canada for the Liberal Party and later the New Democratic Party.
    • Jewett was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she attended elementary and secondary school. She was the daughter of Mrs. F.C. Jewett, a descendant of Northumberland, Ontario. In 1944, she received a BA in politics and philosophy. In the following year, she received an MA from Queen’s University. She obtained a Ph.D in political science at Radcliffe College, Harvard University in 1949. She continued her studies at the London School of Economics and Oxford University.
    • n 1961, Jewett became a resident of Brighton, Ontario, in the constituency of Northumberland. In the 1962 federal election, she ran as the Liberal candidate in Northumberland. She lost by 758 votes to the Progressive Conservative (PC) candidate, Harry Bradley. In a rematch against Bradley in the 1963 election, she won by 505 votes, making her a Member of Parliament for the first time. In the 1965 election, she lost to her PC challenger, former MP George Hees, by 563 votes.
    • After Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act during the October Crisis, Jewett quit the Liberal Party and joined the New Democratic Party. She ran as an NDP candidate in the 1972 election in the riding of Ottawa West, but came in third, losing to Progressive Conservative candidate Peter Reilly.
    • In May 1974, Jewett moved to British Columbia to become president of Simon Fraser University. She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university
  • Fourth Great Granddaughter of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7669
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