Ann Shipley

Ann Shipley
Member of Parliament
for Timiskaming
In office
November 12, 1953 – April 12, 1957
Preceded by Walter Little
Succeeded by Arnold Peters
Personal details
Born April 8, 1899
Lawrence Station, Ontario, Canada
Died March 22, 1981(1981-03-22) (aged 81)
Political party Liberal
Relations William Dennis Killins (Father), Mary Ann Lamont (Mother)[1]
Residence Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Ann Shipley

Marie Ann Shipley (April 8, 1899 – March 22, 1981) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Lawrence Station in Southwold, Ontario, she moved to Ottawa when she was 12, attended country school, Osgood Public School. She was then educated at Ottawa's Lisgar Collegiate and married Dr[2]. Manley Adair Shipley. Ann Shipley and her husband Dr. Manley Shipley had three children as well as two grandchildren, of which their names are currently unknown.[2]They settled in Kirkland Lake in 1928 where she was an administrative secretary for the Kirkland District Mines Medical Plans. For two years, she was an administrator of the Public School Board. As a result of contradictory sources, The year of Dr. Manley Adair Shipley's death is not definitive but occurred between 1940-1942.[2] From 1943[3] to 1952, she was reeve of Teck Township. Shipley was President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, in 1951.[4] Ann Shipley held the title as being the "Only Mayor or Reeve in the Province of Ontario to be president of both the Ontario Municipal Association and the Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association".[2] After Shipley's term in 1952, she left her position in "active municipal politics".[2] Shipley was a member within multiple organizations such as "The first Library Board and the first Children's Aid Society. The Victorian Order of Nurses, The Hospital Board and the Red Cross Society. Hon. member or Hon. President of the Canadian Legion, Association of Canadian Travellers, Girl Guides, Business and Professional Women's Club".[2] Ann Shipley was protestant and a member of the Young Women's Christian Association.[2]

From 1953 to 1957, she was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament from the northeastern Ontario riding of Timiskaming in the House of Commons of Canada.

In 1955, she became the first woman to move acceptance in the House of Commons of a Speech from the Throne.[5] On January 28, 1953, the Township of Teck hosted a testimonial dinner in honour of Ann Shipley's ongoing presence in the several organizations she has helped[2]. The dinner consisted of "Approximately 200 citizens of the town [...] representing some 85 organizations"[2] there to support and recognize her contributions to the community[2]. She was also the administrator of Canadian federation of municipalities and mayors.

References

  1. ↑ Pierre G. Normandin, A. Léopold Normandin. The Canadian parliamentary guide. Normandin, 1957.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Ann Shipley, Liberal Members-elect for Temiskaming" [textual record]. Elizabeth Long fonds, Series: Biographies of Women, File: Shipley, Ann, ID: File 325, p. 20. Waterloo, ON: Special Collections & Archives, University of Waterloo.
  3. ↑ Porcupine Advance, 10 Dec 1942, 1, p. 5
  4. ↑ "History". Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Ann Shipley". The Globe and Mail. 1981-03-25. p. P20.
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