Brenda Robertson

Brenda Mary Robertson, CM, ONB (May 23, 1929 – September 23, 2020) was a Canadian Conservative politician. She was a Senator from New Brunswick between 1984 and 2004. 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.[1] She was born in Sussex, New Brunswick.

Robertson died on September 23, 2020 in Riverview, New Brunswick at the age of 91.[2]

References

  1. "Order of New Brunswick recipients announced". August 2, 2004. Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. Letterick, Kate (24 September 2020). "Brenda Robertson, first woman in New Brunswick Legislature, cabinet dies at 91". CBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2020.