Simma Holt

Simma Holt, CM (née Milner, born March 27, 1922) is a Canadian journalist, author, and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons.

Born in Vegreville, Alberta, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944 from the University of Manitoba. That same year she joined The Vancouver Sun as a reporter, feature writer, and columnist. In 1949, she married Leon Holt.

In the 1974 election, Holt was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal candidate for the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway. She was defeated in the 1979 election and the 1980 election.

In 1996, Holt was made a Member of the Order of Canada for her "lifetime commitment to assisting those suffering from injustice, persecution and poverty".

Selected bibliography

• Terror in the Name of God: The Story of the Sons of Freedom Doukhobors (1964)
• Sex and the Teen Age Revolution (1967)
• The Devil's Butler (1972)
• The Other Mrs. Diefenbaker (1982), a biography on Edna Diefenbaker.
• Memoirs of a Loose Cannon (2008), personal memoirs

References

• "Simma Holt fonds". University of Manitoba. http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/collections/complete_holdings/rad/mss/holt.shtml. Retrieved January 20, 2006. 
• "Jewish Personalities of Vancouver". The Museum of the Jewish People. Archived from the original on September 4, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050904015747/http://www.bh.org.il/Communities/Archive/Vancouver.asp. Retrieved January 20, 2006. 

External links

• Simma Holt - Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Grace MacInnis	Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway 1974-1979	Succeeded by Ian Waddell