Mabel Margaret DeWare ( Keiver; 9 August 1926 – 17 August 2022) was a Canadian politician, senator, and
curler.
DeWare was born in
Moncton
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, New Brunswick, to parents Mary and Hugh Keiver.
She skipped her team to a
New Brunswick
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and
Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in , forerunner to the
Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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.
In
1978
Events January
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* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
, she was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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as a member of the
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick
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. She was re-elected in
1982
Events January
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* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...
and was defeated in
1987
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. She held three cabinet positions: Minister of Labour and Manpower (1978–1982), Minister of Community Colleges (1983–1985), and Minister of Advanced Education (1985–1987).
In 1990, she was appointed to the
Senate of Canada
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The Senate is modelled after the B ...
representing the senatorial division of Moncton, New Brunswick. A
Progressive Conservative, she was the Opposition
Whip
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in the Senate from 1999 to 2001. She retired on her 75th birthday.
She was inducted in the
New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the
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as curler/builder in 1987.
DeWare died in Moncton on 17 August 2022, eight days after turning 96.
Electoral results
1987 election
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Progressive Conservative
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1982 election
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Progressive Conservative hold
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1978 election
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Progressive Conservative hold
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1926 births
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