Georgie Margaret Day (born May 2, 1947) is a nurse and former political figure in

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, Canada. She represented

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and then

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in the

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from 1991 to 1999 as a

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member. She was born in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. She studied nursing at the Saint John General Hospital and Dalhousie University and took part in the nurse practitioner program at the

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. Day served as executive assistant to the Minister of Income Assistance from 1987 to 1991. She was a member of the province's Executive Council as Minister of State for Literacy and Adult Education, Minister of State for Youth and Minister of Human Resources. Day was defeated in the 1999 general election. Later that year, Day joined Community Foundations Canada as a coordinator for the Atlantic Regio

Her husband,

Joseph A. Day Joseph A. Day (born January 24, 1945) is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Canadian Senator from October 4, 2001 until January 24, 2020, and was the leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus from June 15, 2016, to November 14, 2019. He became t ...

, was named to the Canadian Senate in 2001.

References

List of Women MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library
1947 births Living people New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Women MLAs in New Brunswick Women government ministers of Canada Canadian nurses Canadian women nurses Dalhousie University alumni {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub