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Edna Diefenbaker. Edna May Diefenbaker ( née Brower; November 30, 1899 – February 7, 1951) was the first wife of the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker. [1] Early life. She was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, and worked as a schoolteacher at Mayfair Elementary School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before marrying John Diefenbaker in 1929. [2]
12 mar 2021 · For Diefenbaker, it was a difficult time for him, and he would see a terrible loss around the same time when his wife Edna was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Edna had always supported her husband’s political career, but in the 1940s she began to suffer from mental illness and was placed in a private mental hospital for a brief time.
Prime Minister of Canada. Edna May Diefenbaker was the first wife of John Diefenbaker, who after her death served as the 13th Prime Minister of Canada. Background. She was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, and worked as a schoolteacher in Saskatoon before marrying John Diefenbaker in 1929. Career.
Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 137 - Edna Diefenbaker; Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 1376 - Olive Diefenbaker with Dr. Hugh Saunderson, Dr. K.W. Taylor, Thomas Clement Douglas, Dr. John E. Robbins and Justice Samuel Freedman at Brandon, Manitoba; Item JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 1377 - John Diefenbaker with John F. Kennedy
1 giu 2003 · But in 1940, running as a Tory in Prince Albert in an election swept by Mackenzie King’s Liberals, Diefenbaker somehow won election to Parliament. His wife Edna, an attractive and lively woman, had campaigned with him, and this must have helped. In Parliament, John Diefenbaker arrived with high expectations.
Reviewed by Mary Fallis. Volume 11 Number 1. 1983 January. This book adds to the Diefenbaker saga a chapter unknown to the public. It is the story of Edna May Brower, John Diefenbaker's wife for twenty-two years, a charming woman so effective in her role she was dubbed "the unelected Member of Parliament." Simma Holt is an experienced writer ...
In June of 1929, Diefenbaker married Edna Mae Brower, a teacher. During his early political career, Edna was her husband's strongest and most dedicated supporter. She died of leukemia in 1951 and is interred in the Diefenbaker family plot at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.
