- Ione Christensen
Ione Jean Christensen, CM (born
October 10 ,1933 ) is a former Canadian Senator.Born in
Dawson Creek, British Columbia , to formerNorth-West Mounted Police constableGordon Irwin Cameron , and Dawson City born Martha Ballentine Cameron, her family moved toWhitehorse, Yukon in 1949. Christensen graduated from high school in 1953. She received an Associate in Arts Degree in Business Administration from theCollege of San Mateo inCalifornia . In 1971, she was appointed the first woman Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Juvenile Court in Yukon. In 1975, she was elected the first woman Mayor of Whitehorse. In 1979, she served as theCommissioner of the Yukon , being the first woman to be appointed as Commissioner of the Yukon.In 1980, she ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate, in the federal election for the riding of Yukon. She lost by 101 votes to
Erik Nielsen .In 1994, she was appointed a Member of the
Order of Canada . Her father was also a member. In 1999, Christensen was appointed at the recommendation of Prime MinisterJean Chrétien to the Senate.In 1968, Christensen married Art Christensen, a geologist. They have two sons, Paul and Philip.
On
December 31 ,2006 , Christensen resigned from the Senate to assist her ailing husband. [ [http://qonfusion.blogspot.com/2006/12/christensen-retires.html Christensen retires] , Qonfusion,December 15 ,2006 . Retrieved onMarch 3 ,2007 .]External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=154&sortord=&Language=E&M=M Official Biography on the Canadian Parliamentary website]
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