Margaret Isabel Rideout (née Saunders; June 16, 1923 – May 12, 2010) was a

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politician, who represented the

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in the

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from 1964 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to the House of Commons from

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. She was born June 16, 1923, in the family of Vance and Dolena (McRae) Saunders of Bridgewater N.S. A

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, Rideout first won the riding in a 1964

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following the death of

Sherwood Rideout Sherwood Hayes Rideout (July 17, 1917 – May 29, 1964) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Westmorland from 1962 until his death in 1964. Prior to his election to the House of Commons of Canada, he was the mayo ...

, her husband and the district's incumbent Member of Parliament. She was re-elected in

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, and was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and Welfare in 1966. She served in that role until the 1968 election, when she was defeated by Charlie Thomas in the redistricted riding of

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. After her service in Parliament was finished she worked as a Judge of the Court of

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and ultimately became the Chief Judge. She was subsequently named a citizenship judge. She was a member of several Boards the likes of the Board of Governors at

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where she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws Degree, the Board of the ''Atlantic Baptist Senior Citizens Home'',

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, the Canadian

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, the Business and Professional Women's Association and was a long serving member of Board of the Moncton Hospital. She received the

Muriel McQueen Fergusson Muriel McQueen Fergusson, (May 26, 1899 – April 11, 1997) was a Canadians, Canadian activist, judge and politician. Fergusson served in the Senate of Canada and the first woman Speaker of the Senate of Canada, Speaker of the Senate. She is ...

Award in

for her work for women.Margaret Rideout
Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018 Margaret Rideout was the "public face of the ''Atlantic Division’s'' successful campaign to improve drug coverage to

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".A change of heart, Drug coverage expanded in Newfoundland and Labrador
Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018 Margaret Rideout had three sons. Sherwood and Margaret Rideout's son

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served in the House of Commons in the 1990s, and served a term as mayor of

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rideout, Margaret 1923 births 2010 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Liberal Party of Canada MPs People from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Canadian citizenship judges Women in New Brunswick politics