Pauline Jewett, (December 11, 1922 – July 5, 1992) was a
Canadian
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Liberal
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and later
New Democratic Party Member of Parliament
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.
Life and career
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
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in political science at
Radcliffe College,
Harvard University
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in 1949. She continued her studies at the
London School of Economics
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and
Oxford University
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.
Jewett went on to lecture at
Wellesley College,
Queen's University and
Carleton University
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. At
Carleton University
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, she was the chairman of the department of political science from 1960-1961 and served as Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies from 1967–1972.
In 1961, Jewett became a resident of
Brighton, Ontario
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, in the constituency of
Northumberland
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. In the
1962 federal election, she ran as a
Liberal
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candidate in the riding of
Northumberland
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. She lost by 758 votes to the
Progressive Conservative candidate,
Harry Bradley. In the
1963 election, she defeated
Harry Bradley by 505 votes. However, in the
1965 election, she lost to a different
Progressive Conservative candidate,
George Hees
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Background
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, by 563 votes.
After Liberal
Prime Minister
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Pierre Trudeau invoked the ''
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'' during the
October Crisis
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, Jewett quit the Liberal Party and joined the
New Democratic Party. She ran as an
NDP
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candidate in the
1972 election in the riding of
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, but came in third, losing to the
Progressive Conservative candidate,
Peter Reilly
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Career
He was elected at the Ottawa West riding in the ...
.
In May 1974, Jewett moved to
British Columbia
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as president of
Simon Fraser University
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. She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university.
Honored with FAO CERES Medal in 1976.
In the
1979 election, she was elected in the riding of
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as the NDP candidate. She was also re-elected in the
1980 and
1984 elections.
In 1991, she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the cen ...
, and in 1992, she was appointed to the
Privy Council.
Jewett was Chancellor of
Carleton University
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from 1990 until her death from cancer in 1992.
Academic awards
* Medal in politics at
Queen's University
* Arts Resident Research Fellowship at
Queen's University
* Henry Clay Jackson Fellowship at
Radcliffe College,
Harvard University
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* Marty Memorial Scholarship
* Nuffield Foundation Travel Grants
Memberships
*
Consumers' Association of Canada
*
Canadian Political Science Association
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*
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
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* Institute of Public Administration of Canada
* President of the Parliamentary Group of World Federalists
Projects in Allied Fields
* Part-author of Canadian Economic Policy (published in 1961)
* Wrote articles on governmental and political issues
* Participated on radio and T.V. broadcasts dealing with public affairs
* Author of the study for
Canadian Nurses' Association dealing with the structure of the group
References
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Order of Canada*
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1922 births
1992 deaths
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