Tilly Rollston

Tilly Rollston

Tilly Rollston (b. February 23, 1887 - d. October 12, 1953) was a Canadian politician.

Initially elected to the British Columbia provincial legislature as a Progressive Conservative, she crossed the floor and joined W.A.C. Bennett in the British Columbia Social Credit Party before the watershed election in 1952.

She was the second woman to be a cabinet minister in British Columbia, and the first woman in Canada to have a portfolio. In her role as Minister of Education, she introduced a new method of school finance that came to be known as the "Rolston Formula". [http://www.mala.bc.ca/homeroom/content/topics/People/rolston.htm] She was also instrumental in introducing what was effectively a sex-education program into the school curriculum. [http://www.mala.bc.ca/homeroom/content/topics/People/rolston.htm]

She was defeated in the 1953 election by Liberal leader Arthur Laing.

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*cite book
author = Daniel Francis "(Editor)"
title = "Encyclopedia of British Columbia"
publisher = Harbour Publishing
year = 1999
id = ISBN 1-55017-200-X


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