Sybil Bennett

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name = Sybil Bennett
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birth_date = February 7, 1904
birth_place = St. George, Ontario
death_date = November 12, 1956
death_place = Georgetown, Ontario
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office = Member of Parliament for Halton
term_start = 1953
term_end = 1956
predecessor = Hughes Cleaver
successor = Charles Alexander Best
party = Progressive Conservative
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occupation = lawyer

Sybil Bennett (February 7, 1904 - November 12, 1956) was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Halton in the House of Commons from 1953 until her death.

A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, Bennett first ran for election in the 1949 election, but was defeated by Liberal incumbent Hughes Cleaver. Cleaver did not run again in 1953, and Bennett successfully won the riding over new Liberal candidate Murray McPhail.

Along with Margaret Aitken, Ellen Fairclough and Ann Shipley, she was one of four women elected to the House of Commons in 1953, only the second election in Canadian history in which more than one woman was elected to Parliament.

Bennett died at her home on November 12, 1956, and was the first female MP in Canada ever to die in office. No by-election was held following her death; she was succeeded by Charles Alexander Best in the 1957 election.

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=f46ba586-f308-401f-bdf1-ced850c24b6d&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%26Party%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000%26Gender%3DF%26Picture%3DTRUE%26Language%3DE Sybil Bennett's parliamentary history] at parl.gc.ca

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NAME = Bennett, Sybil
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = politician
DATE OF BIRTH = February 7, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH = St. George, Ontario, Canada
DATE OF DEATH = November 12, 1956
PLACE OF DEATH = Georgetown, Ontario, Canada