Pat Carney, who pioneered roles for girls in Canadian politics and journalism, has died on the age of 88.
Her niece, Jill Carney, confirmed in an announcement that the previous MP and senator handed away final night time.
Carney was the primary feminine Conservative member of Parliament elected in B.C. and the primary feminine Conservative appointed from the province to the Senate.
Her web site says she started her journalism profession within the Nineteen Sixties and was the primary feminine business columnist writing for day by day newspapers, together with the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province.
It says Carney was additionally the primary lady in each authorities portfolio she held, serving because the minister of vitality, minister of worldwide commerce and president of the Treasury Board in Brian Mulroney’s cupboard.
She was a mom of two and lived on Saturna Island, certainly one of B.C.’s Gulf Islands.
