Marjorie Carroll (née Monk) was a former nurse and politician in

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, Canada. She served as the first female, and longest-serving mayor of

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from 1977 to 1988.

Biography

Carroll was born October 8, 1932, in

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, Ontario. She grew up on a farm near Elmwood, Ontario. She was educated at the Kitchener-Waterloo School of Nursing and studied public health nursing at the

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. She worked as a nurse in

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, where she met her husband, Glenn Carroll, with whom she had two daughters. Carroll worked on campaigns for the federal and provincial Progressive Conservatives. She was elected to Waterloo city council in 1974. She was appointed mayor in 1977 by the council after

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resigned to enter provincial politics. She was elected by acclamation three more times. Carroll lost to

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when she ran for reelection in 1988. Carroll's 11-year term marks her as the city's longest-serving mayor. Following her political career, Carroll consulted with Waterloo Management Education Centre assisting clients with the development of human resources planning. She also served as chair of the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital Foundation from 1989 until 1992. MarjorieCarrollPlaque

Carroll died on October 24, 2020, in Waterloo, Ontario.

Honours

A courtyard outside of Waterloo City Centre was dedicated in her honour on September 25, 1987. In 2004, the birthing centre at the

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was renamed the Marjorie Carroll Childbirth Centre. A nursing lecture hall at

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was also named in her honour. She was awarded the

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in 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Marjorie 1932 births 2020 deaths Mayors of Waterloo, Ontario Women mayors of places in Ontario People from Bruce County