Charlotte Whitton, Frances Perkins, US Secretary of Labour, and Betzy Kjelsberg, Norwegian women's rights activist, 1939 or 1940
46th Mayor of Ottawa
In office 1951–1956
Preceded by
Grenville Goodwin
Succeeded by
George H. Nelms
In office 1961–1964
Preceded by
George H. Nelms
Succeeded by
Donald Bartlett Reid
Ottawa Controller
In office January 1, 1951 – October 1, 1951
Preceded by
C. E. Pickering
Succeeded by
John Powers
Ottawa Alderwoman
In office 1967–1972
Preceded by
Claude Bennett
Succeeded by
Gary Guzzo
Constituency
Capital Ward
Personal details
Born
(1896-03-08)March 8, 1896 Renfrew, Ontario
Died
January 25, 1975(1975-01-25) (aged 78)
Resting place
Thompson Hill Cemetery, Horton, Ontario
Political party
Progressive Conservative
Domestic partner
Margaret Grier (1915–1947)[1]
Charlotte Elizabeth WhittonOC CBE (March 8, 1896 – January 25, 1975) was a Canadian feminist and mayor of Ottawa. She was the first woman mayor of a major city in Canada, serving from 1951 to 1956 and again from 1960 to 1964. Whitton was a Canadian social policy pioneer, leader and commentator, as well as a journalist and writer.
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failure and died shortly afterwards at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. CharlotteWhitton was immediately appointed the city's next mayor. "G.W. Goodwin Runs...
Hotspur academy. Afterwards, he played with Red Lodge FC, Mundford FC, Whitton United, Felixstowe & Walton United, Billericay Town, Stowmarket Town Needham...
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from the Canadian forest fires 4 months previously. September 30 – CharlotteWhitton becomes mayor of Ottawa and Canada's first woman mayor of a major...
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