Mabel DeWare
Mabel Margaret DeWare (née Keiver) was a Canadian politician and curler from Moncton, New Brunswick. She was born on August 9, 1926, and died on August 17, 2022, at age 96.
As a curler, she skippped her team to win the New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies championships in 1963, a forerunner to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame (curler/builder) in 1987.
In politics, she was elected to the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly as a Progressive Conservative, representing Moncton West from 1978 to 1987. She held three cabinet posts: Minister of Labour and Manpower (1978–1982), Minister of Community Colleges (1983–1985), and Minister of Advanced Education (1985–1987). In 1990, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada for Moncton, New Brunswick, by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. She served as Opposition Whip in the Senate from 1999 to 2001 and retired on August 9, 2001, her 75th birthday.
She was married to Ralph DeWare from 1945 until his death in 2005, and they had four children.
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