Margaret Rideout

Margaret Rideout
Margaret Rideout
Member of Parliament; for Westmorland
	In office; 9 November 1964 – 24 June 1968
Preceded by	Sherwood Rideout
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	Margaret Isabel Saunders; 16 June 1923; Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	5 December 2010 (aged 87)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Sherwood Rideout (m. 1943⁠–⁠1964)
Children	3, including George
Occupation	Homemaker

Margaret Isabel Rideout (née Saunders; 16 June 1923 – 12 May 2010) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Westmorland in the House of Commons of Canada from 1964 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to the House of Commons from New Brunswick.

She was born to parents Vance and Dolena (McRae) Saunders of Bridgewater. A Liberal, Rideout first won the riding in a 1964 by-election following the death of Sherwood Rideout, her husband and the district's incumbent Member of Parliament.^[1]

She was re-elected in 1965, and was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Health and Welfare in 1966. She served in that role until the 1968 election, when she was defeated by Charlie Thomas in the redistricted riding of Moncton. After her service in Parliament was finished she worked as a Judge of the Court of Canadian Citizenship and ultimately became the Chief Judge. She was subsequently named a citizenship judge. She was a member of several Boards the likes of the Board of Governors at Acadia University where she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Laws Degree, the Board of the Atlantic Baptist Senior Citizens Home, the Salvation Army, the Canadian Bible Society, the Business and Professional Women's Association and was a long serving member of Board of the Moncton Hospital. She received the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Award in New Brunswick for her work for women.^[2] Margaret Rideout was the "public face of the Atlantic Division’s successful campaign to improve drug coverage to Newfoundland and Labrador".^[3]

Margaret Rideout had three sons.^[2] Sherwood and Margaret Rideout's son George served in the House of Commons in the 1990s, and served a term as mayor of Moncton.

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election: Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Thomas	17,969	50.10
	Liberal	Margaret Rideout	15,013	41.86
	New Democratic	Barrie N. Hould	2,332	6.50
	Independent	R.F. Robinson	553	1.54
Total valid votes			35,867

References

^ Gordon DeWar (14 November 1964). "The Week On The Hill". The Ottawa Journal. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Margaret Rideout Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018
^ A change of heart, Drug coverage expanded in Newfoundland and Labrador Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018

External links

Margaret Rideout – Parliament of Canada biography
"MP's Widow Seeks Seat In Commons". The Ottawa Journal. 27 June 1964. p. 17. Retrieved 19 July 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
Linda Trimble; Jane Arscott; Manon Tremblay, eds. (2013). Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Governments. UBC Press. p. 89.

[1] Gordon DeWar (14 November 1964). "The Week On The Hill". The Ottawa Journal. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

[memorium-2] Margaret Rideout Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018

[3] A change of heart, Drug coverage expanded in Newfoundland and Labrador Retrieved on 20 Feb 2018

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