McLaughlin, Audrey Marlene
Born: Nov 07, 1936 AD
Currently alive, at 75 years of age.
Nationality:
Canadian
Categories:
Politician
1936 - Born on November 7th in Dutton, Ontario, Canada. First woman to lead a major national Canadian political party.
1954 - Married to Don McLaughlin.
1967 - Enrolled in the University of Toronto School of Social Work, earning her MA and joining the Metropolitan Toronto Children's Aid Society as a social worker.
1975 - She had also been named executive director of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
1979 - She moved to Whitehorse, where she worked as a business consultant and supervisor of social services.
1987 - Member of the Canadian Parliament for the Yukon.
1989 - Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
1992 - She published her autobiography, A Woman's Place.
1994 - McLaughlin announced that she would step down as party leader whenever a leadership convention could be held.
1996 - She was elected president of Socialist International Women.
2003 - Order of Canada.
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