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Place of Birth: Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada
About Brenda Robertson
- Brenda Mary Robertson, CM, ONB (born May 23, 1929) is a Canadian politician and former Senator.
- She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the first woman to become a cabinet minister in the province.Born in Sussex, New Brunswick, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the district of Albert in 1967 and was re-elected four times (1970, 1974, 1978, and 1982) representing the district of Riverview.
- In 1970, she was appointed Youth Minister.
- She was also Minister of Social Welfare, Minister of Social Services, Minister of Health, and Minister for Social Program Reform.
- She remained a Member until her appointment to the Senate on December 21, 1984 representing the senatorial division of Riverview, New Brunswick.
- She sat as a Progressive Conservative and a Conservative until her retirement on her 75th birthday in 2004.
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