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	Cairine Wilson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson (February 4 1885 - March 3 1962) was Canada's first female (A member of a senate) senator.
		In 1909, she married Norman Wilson, the Liberal (additional info and facts about M.P.) M.P. for (additional info and facts about Russell, Ontario) Russell, Ontario and they moved to (additional info and facts about Rockland, Ontario) Rockland, Ontario to begin a family.
		Wilson again made (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) parliamentary history in 1955 when she became the first woman Deputy (Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)) Speaker.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cairine_wilson.htm (471 words)

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		Cairine Wilson was born in Montreal in 1885, 7th of 8 children, to Robert and Jane Mackay.
		Cairine was to be found whenever she could in her garden, which was for her both a passion and a relaxation.
		Cairine's own children sometimes felt their mother lacked warmth but, as often happens, this perception was reversed for her grandchildren who benefited from her warmth and the interest she took in their development.
	www.coolwomen.org /coolwomen/cwsite.nsf/vwWeek/6667BEBD7D7D490D85256A5B004FEEC6?OpenDocument (4430 words)

	report3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Reay Mackay was born in Montreal and as a young woman, requently accompanied her Liberal Senator father on trips to Ottawa where they often stayed at the home of family friend and then Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
		Wilson was appointed as the country's first woman Senator in 1930 by Prime Minister King only four months after the ruling in the "Persons Case" which had been pursued by the "Famous Five" and determined that women were "qualified persons" and so eligible to sit in the Senate.
		Wilson championed issues such as divorce and immigration and was unafraid to take a stance contrary to the Prime Minister's, as in the case of the Munich agreement.
	www.stthomasu.ca /~truth/truth01/finlwebs/GTQMF/report3.htm (1312 words)

	Wilson
		Mount Wilson Observatory The Mount Wilson Observatory is an astronomical 1904.
		Wilson, Ohio Wilson is a village located in 2000 census, the village had a total population of 118.
		Wilson County, Kansas Wilson County is a Wyandotte...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/wilson.html (3543 words)

	NBLGA 50th Anniversary - January Profiles
		Cairine Wilson was born in Ottawa in 1913, and
		Cairine Wilson was a career volunteer, and served as president of the Canadian Save the Children Fund for ten years.
		In 1961 Mary, along with good friend, club mate and rival Cairine Wilson, founded the New Brunswick Senior Women’s Golf Association, dedicated to "encouraging friendly competition in a congenial atmosphere." She was given a life membership in the association in 1985.
	www.nbga.nb.ca /main/5tournaments/women/50thAnniversary/january.html (339 words)

	First Person: A Biography of Cairine Wilson, Canada's First Woman Senator. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The daughter of a prominent Montreal businessman and Liberal senator, Wilson's appointment was a controversial one.
		Nor is there any critical evaluation of Wilson's failure to push for more women in the Senate and other public institutions.Despite the careful marshalling of detail, Wilson remains a shadowy figure in this biography, her modesty overshadowing her iron will and her humanitarianism overwhelming her humanity.
		Since women like Wilson were trained to narrow expressions of their anger, sexuality, and ambition, it is unlikely that even she knew the limits of her own potential.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/704/person5.html (305 words)

	heroines.ca, Women in Canadian History
		Born in Montreal, Cairine Mackay was raised in a Scots-Canadian family that was both wealthy and influential.
		Cairine Wilson became the first female president of the League of Nations Society in Canada.
		In 1949 Senator Wilson became the first Canadian woman to be a delegate to the UN General Assembly.
	www.heroines.ca /people/wilson.html (314 words)

	cairine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Reay Mackay was born in Montreal on February 4
		She married Norman Wilson, who was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Russell in Ontario in 1909.
		Wilson was appointed the first female Senator in 1930 by Prime Minister MacKenzie King.
	www.stthomasu.ca /~truth/truth01/finlwebs/famous/cairine.htm (220 words)

	Cairine Wilson Secondary School (Ottawa) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Wilson Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Canada.
		On April 20, 2000, the first anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in the United States, Cairine Wilson became the site of one of the worst incidents of school violence in Canadian history.
		Cairine Wilson had no history of school violence and such events are rare in Canada.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cairine-Wilson-Secondary-School-(Ottawa).htm (406 words)

	NeighbourhoodNews.ca - Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The mid-way point of the short junior boys rugby season on May 12 was a happier occurrence for the Colonel By Cougars than the Cairine Wilson Wildcats.
		Cairine Wilson, on the other hand, missed the points after on Dixon's second try of the game.
		Most of the players on Cairine Wilson's junior boys squad are Grade 9 students, said coach Tyler Shaver.
	www.neighbourhoodnews.ca /283346082386741.php (325 words)

	Senator Carstairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Wilson was the first woman to become a Senator.
		Senator Wilson was appointed in 1930 to sit as a representative of Ontario.
		The appointment of Cairine Wilson to the Senate was the direct result of the
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /scarstairs/Senate/Women_e.asp (238 words)

	Western's Caucus on Women's Issues Essay Award Winners 2003
		Senators Cairine Wilson and Thérèse Casgrain came from wealthy families in Quebec, while Agnes Macphail and Nellie McClung were farmers' daughters born in Ontario.
		As a young girl Cairine Wilson and her father, an MP, were frequent guests at Prime Minister Laurier's house.
		Cairine Wilson's husband was devoted; ultimately his outlook made it possible for Cairine to work outside their home.
	www.uwo.ca /wcwi/essayaward/2004.htm (7135 words)

	Jubilee of Institutes
		Cairine Wilson, only woman Senator, were the chief speakers.
		The guest speaker at the last session, Thursday afternoon, was Senator Cairine Wilson, of Ottawa, who was introduced by Premier Angus L. Macdonald as a typical Canadian wife and mother, who had shed lustre on all Canadian women since her appointment to the Senate.
		Senator Wilson pointed out that governments were only able to do what public opinion would support, and it was up to the women, as a united body, to give the government full public support.
	www.rootsweb.com /~canbrnep/nlmcclungjoi.htm (515 words)

	Cairine Ray Wilson 1885-1962 - Canadian Birthdays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Canada's first woman senator, was born on this day in 1885 at Montreal Quebec, the daughter of Senator Robert Mackay and Jane Baptist; dies in Ottawa March 3, 1962.
		Wilson was appointed in 1930 by Mackenzie King.
		She was President of the National Federation of Liberal Women 1938-48, the League of Nations Society 1938-42, and was Canada's first delegate to the United Nations in 1949.
	www.northernblue.ca /cbirth/archives/71-Cairine-Ray-Wilson-1885-1962.html (194 words)

	Sermon - 23 April 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Orleans and Cairine Wilson Secondary School have now become the subject of nationwide attention and scrutiny.
		I also want to congratulate the Cairine Wilson drama improv team who competed on Friday night at the national semifinals at the National Arts Centre - and came in 1st place.
		This weekend has been a difficult time for many, and for Cairine Wilson students, staff and their families in particular.
	www.orleansunited.ca /ap2300.htm (1674 words)

	Encyclopedia: Canadian Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On appeal, however, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (effectively Canada's highest court at the time) ruled that women were indeed "persons" in the meaning of the constitution.
		Four months later, the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed Canada's first female senator, Cairine Wilson of Ontario.
		The presiding officer of the Senate, known as the Speaker, is appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canadian-Senate (9459 words)

	Documentary and Ottawa Scenic Photography
		Wilson is the very antithesis of the short-haired female type which talks of Freud and complexes and the latest novel and poses as being intellectual.
		Cairine Wilson also founded and was the main architect of the Twentieth Century Association of Young Liberals in 1930.
		Cairine Wilson could have been daunted by all this opposition, but she was not.
	www.ottawaphoto.com /?PageID=124608 (3797 words)

	Women in the Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Presently about a third of the Upper Chamber is made up of women, as compared to about one fifth of the House of Commons.
		The appointment of Cairine Wilson to the Senate was the direct result of the "Persons" Case
		Catherine Callbeck, who was appointed to the Senate in 1997, was Canada's second woman Premier and the first to be voted in during a general election.
	www.sen.parl.gc.ca /vpoy/english/The_Senate/women_in_the_senate.htm (246 words)

	Area Students Display Murals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the inset, a Cairine Wilson student works on another mural.
		The murals, all of which illustrate environmental themes, were painted to cover the fence surrounding the construction site at Blair and Innes where the Region is installing a collector sewage system to serve the south and west areas of Gloucester.
		About 100 students participated in the mural-painting project, which was coordinated by the Cairine Wilson-Gloucester Partnership Committee.
	perc.ca /PEN/1993-09/s-students.html (227 words)

	Wilson Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		The ancient Viking-Scottish name Wilson is derived from the personal name William, and means "son of William" or "son of Wil."
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Wilson, who settled in Virginia in 1623; Ann Wilson, who immigrated to Maryland in 1673; Richard Wilson, who arrived in the Barbados with his wife and two children and servants in 1680.
		A Brief Account of the Wilsons by Emery Small Wilson, The DeMay Family and the Wilson Family by Ida DeMay Wilson, The Family of Samuel & Jean Love Wilson by Sara Stewart Hinckley.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/s.Wilson/Origin.SC/qx/CoatOfArms_details.htm (1114 words)

	Wilson Family Crest by Houseofnames.com
		We have researched the Wilson family crest in the most recognized sources of coats of arms.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded Coat-of-Arms was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Wilson coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.familycrest_details/s.Wilson/Wilson_family_Crest/Wilson_coat_of_arms/qx/Wilson.htm (550 words)

	Debates - Issue 35 - February 15, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairine Wilson was an accomplished woman long before she became eligible to sit in the Senate, working on behalf of many charitable groups.
		Of course, the appointment of Senator Wilson arose from the famous Persons case of 1929, in which the judicial committee of England's Privy Council found that women could be considered "qualified persons" under section 24 of the Constitution Act.
		Unfortunately, after Senator Wilson was called to the Senate, other women were not called to the Senate for some time.
	www.parl.gc.ca /38/1/parlbus/chambus/senate/deb-e/035db_2005-02-15-E.htm?Language=E&Parl=38&Ses=1 (12923 words)

	NWLC-CLFN :: www.nwlc-clfn.ca \|\| National Women’s Liberal Commission
		Cairine Wilson was an outspoken critic of anti-semitic attitudes and later served as Canada’s first female delegate to the United Nations in 1949.
		Minister of Justice Jean Chrétien appoints Bertha Wilson as the first woman justice to the Supreme Court of Canada.
		As Minister of Justice, Jean Chrétien brings in legal reforms including the rape shield provision which declares that the past sexual behaviour of rape victims cannot be used against them in court.
	www.liberal.ca /nwlc/achievements.aspx?loc=ach (973 words)

	Orléans Online \| Sportspage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Pearson, Louis Riel and Cairine Wilson finished one, two, three in the East Conference last year and all three teams were expected to contend conference title again this year.
		Rebelles' defender Gabriel Maynard also got in the act, kicking the ball clear just as it was about to cross the goal line in the 28th minute.
		After weathering the storm in the first half, the Rebelles bided their time until the 10 minute mark of the second half when Ghyslaine O'Biang found the corner of the Cairine Wilson net from about 30 metres out.
	www.orleansonline.ca /pages/S2005100401.htm (683 words)

	Peel District School Board - Media Desk
		Donna Calanchie and Michelle Korda, grade 8 teachers at Gordon Graydon Senior P.S., are among 165 teachers in 14 countries who have won EDS technology grants for their schools based on their innovative ideas for implementing technology in the classroom.
		The grant will be awarded to Calanchie and Korda in a "Publishers’ Clearinghouse style" presentation by Cairine Wilson, vice-president of marketing at EDS Canada, in the presence of their students on Sept. 14 at 10:30 a.m.
		Grants are awarded to teachers on the basis of written proposals that describe how they plan to use the requested technology in motivating students to learn.
	www.peel.edu.on.ca /media/news/980911.htm (491 words)

	Canaan Connexion - Cumberland Village
		Angus Wilson will present a talk on his mother, Senator Cairine Wilson who was the first female senator.
		Norman Wilson and his wife Cairine MacKay Wilson lived in Rockland in the early 1900's and also had a large farm in Cumberland.
		For some historical information on Cairine Wilson, as found on the Internet, click on these resources: #1, #2, #3, #4.
	www.canaanconnexion.ca /cumberland.shtml (1550 words)

	CTHRC --=SUCCESS STORIES=-- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		That's when he applied to have his high school - Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Ottawa - included in the pilot launch of new program for young people called the Canadian Academy of Travel and Tourism (CATT).
		With an auction of airline tickets (also supplied by Cairine Wilson's CATT partners) the Gala nets at least $4000.00 for tourism scholarships.
		At Cairine Wilson several graduates each year opt for higher education in a tourism and hospitality program somewhere in Canada.
	www.cthrc.ca /SuccessS.html (1763 words)

	@MONiTOR.CA - June 2000
		On April 20, 2000, a despondent student stabbed four of his peers and a staff member at Cairine Wilson Secondary School.
		From the daytrader shootings, through the church and school outbursts, on up to this latest stabbing, the common element has been that the perpetrators were angry, alone and searching for a way to force other people to experience their pain.
		True to form, it turns out that the Cairine student was constantly teased about his severe acne, his babyface and his curly hair (which lead some classmates to compare him to Keri Russell's character on the TV show
	www.monitor.ca /monitor/issues/vol7iss11/feature2.html (1539 words)

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