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Cairine Wilson died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 77 on Saturday, March 3, 1962. She spent three weeks at the Civic hospital in Ottawa with complications that were emerging from her hip fractures that she suffered from a year before her death.
Apr 1, 2008 · Cairine Reay Wilson (née Mackay), senator, diplomat, philanthropist (born 4 February 1885 in Montreal, QC; died 3 March 1962 in Ottawa, ON ). In 1930, the year after the success of the Persons Case, Wilson was the first woman appointed to the Senate of Canada.
Cairine Wilson Secondary School is a grade 9-12 school offering English and French Immersion programs.
Jan 24, 2022 · Cairine Wilson followed her own star—the values of her faith and heritage—and the star lit the way to a new life for countless refugees fleeing the darkness of the brutal genocide that the world remembers as the Holocaust.
Dec 13, 2021 · Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson was the first woman appointed to the Senate of Canada. Born in Montréal, she married Norman Wilson, the Member of Parliament for Russell, in 1909, and moved to Ottawa in 1918.
First woman appointed to the Canadian Senate. Pronunciation: Car-EEN WILL-son. Born Cairine Reay Mackay on February 4, 1885, at Montreal, Quebec, Canada; died on March 3, 1962, in Ottawa, Canada; seventh child of Robert Mackay (a businessman and politician) and Jane (Baptist) Mackay; attended private girls' school and the Trafalgar Institute, ...
Overview. Cairine Wilson. (1884—1962) Quick Reference. (1884–1962). A liberal, philanthropist, humanitarian, and mother of eight, Montreal-born Wilson (née Reay Mackay) was the first woman appointed to the Canadian Senate, in 1930, a year after the Persons ... From: Wilson, Cairine in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History »
May 3, 2016 · The Honourable Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson was the first woman to be appointed to the Senate in Canada, and as such, embodies the conclusion of the Persons Case allowing women to sit in the Senate. Her appointment in 1930 marked the end of an era during which women in Canada were denied civil rights.
The Montreal-born Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson (1885-1962) was the first woman appointed to Canada's senate. The author outlines the Mackays' family history in Montreal, Cairine's privileged upbringing within the city's Anglo elite, her marriage to Norman Wilson (1876-1956) in 1909 and their move to Ontario, first to Rockland and, in 1918, to Ottawa.
Her beloved husband Norman died in July, 1956 at age 79. Cairine’s accomplishments as a female pioneer in the Senate forged a solid path for many Canadian women to follow. Book: First Person: A Biography of Cairine Wilson, Canada’s First Woman Senator, by Valerie Knowles, published by Dundurn Press Ltd, Toronto 1988.
