Mabel DeWare

Mabel DeWare

Mabel Margaret DeWare (born August 9 1926) is a Canadian politician, curler, and retired Senator.

Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, she skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in 1963, forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.

In 1978, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. She was re-elected in 1982 and was defeated in 1987. She held three cabinet positions: Minister of Labour and Manpower (1978-1982), Minister of Community Colleges (1983-1985), and Minister of Advanced Education (1985-1987).

In 1990, she was appointed to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Moncton, New Brunswick. A Progressive Conservative, she was the Opposition Whip in the Senate from 1999 to 2001. She retired on her 75th birthday.

She was inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as as curler/builder in 1987.

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