Marion Anderson (politician)
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Marion Anderson, O.Ont (born c. 1914) was a Canadian politician, who became in 1950 the first woman ever to serve as a First Nations band councillor in Ontario.
An Oji-Cree from the Big Trout Lake band in Kenora District, Anderson worked as a midwife and was renowned for her hunting, fishing and trapping skills. She also represented the community on the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council, and walked 75 kilometres to Bearskin Lake to represent the community at meetings.
She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 1998.[1]
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- 1910s births
- Midwives
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- People from Kenora District, Ontario
- Political office-holders of Aboriginal governments in Canada
- Canadian women in municipal politics
- Oji-Cree
- Women in Ontario politics
- Ontario municipal councillors
- Possibly living people
- Ontario politician stubs
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