Pauline Jewett

Pauline Jewett, PC OC (December 11, 1922 – July 5, 1992) was a Canadian Member of Parliament.

Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, she received a BA and a MA from Queen's University and a Ph.D in political science from Harvard University in 1949. She later taught at Carleton University in political science and served as Director of the Institute of Canadian Studies.

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, she 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 1974, she moved to British Columbia as president of Simon Fraser University. She was the first woman president of a Canadian co-educational university.

In the 1979 election, she was elected in the riding of New Westminster—Coquitlam. She was re-elected in the 1980 and 1984 elections.

In 1992, she was appointed to the Privy Council. In 1991, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

She was Chancellor of Carleton University from 1990 until her death from cancer in 1992.

References

• Pauline Jewett – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Pauline Jewett Biography". Carleton University. Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
• Judith McKenzie (1999). Pauline Jewett: A Passion for Canada. McGill-Queens University Press. ISBN 0-7735-1822-3. 
• Order of Canada