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Pauline Jewett PC OC (11 December 1922 – 5 July 1992) was a Canadian Liberal and later New Democratic Party Member of Parliament.
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Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Coquitlam | |
In office 22 May 1979 – 20 November 1988 | |
Preceded by | Riding created |
Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
Member of Parliament for Northumberland | |
In office 8 April 1963 – 7 November 1965 | |
Preceded by | Harry Oliver Bradley |
Succeeded by | George Hees |
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Born | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | 11 December 1922
Died | 5 July 1992 | (aged 69)
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Life and career
editJewett 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 in political science at Radcliffe College, Harvard University in 1949. She continued her studies at the London School of Economics and Oxford University.
Jewett went on to lecture at Wellesley College, Queen's University and Carleton University. At Carleton University, she was the chairman of the department of political science from 1960 to 1961 and served as Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies from 1967 to 1972.
In 1961, Jewett became a resident of Brighton, Ontario, in the constituency of Northumberland. In the 1962 federal election, she ran as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Northumberland. 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, by 563 votes.
After Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act during the October Crisis, Jewett quit the Liberal Party and joined the New Democratic Party. She ran as an NDP candidate in the 1972 election in the riding of Ottawa West, but came in third, losing to the Progressive Conservative candidate, Peter Reilly.
In May 1974, Jewett moved to British Columbia as president of Simon Fraser University.[1] She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university.[1]
Honored with FAO CERES Medal in 1976.
In the 1979 election, she was elected in the riding of New Westminster—Coquitlam 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, and in 1992, she was appointed to the Privy Council.
Jewett was Chancellor of Carleton University from 1990 until her death from cancer in 1992.
Academic awards
edit- Medal in politics at Queen's University
- Arts Resident Research Fellowship at Queen's University
- Henry Clay Jackson Fellowship at Radcliffe College, Harvard University
- Marty Memorial Scholarship
- Nuffield Foundation Travel Grants
Memberships
edit- Consumers' Association of Canada
- Canadian Political Science Association
- Canadian Institute of International Affairs
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada
- President of the Parliamentary Group of World Federalists
Projects in Allied Fields
edit- 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
edit- Pauline Jewett – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Pauline Jewett Biography". Carleton University. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- Judith McKenzie (1999). Pauline Jewett: A Passion for Canada. McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 0-7735-1822-3.
- Order of Canada
- "Dr. Pauline Jewett Biography" [textual record]. Elizabeth Long, Series: Series 4: Biography of Women, File: Jewett, Pauline, ID: File 217. Waterloo, Ontario: Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo.
- University Affairs. "Pauline Jewett" (May 1974) [textual record]. Elizabeth Long, Series: Series 4: Biography of Women, File: Jewett, Pauline, ID: File 217. Waterloo, Ontario: Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo.