Mabel DeWare

Mabel Margaret DeWare
MLA for Moncton West
In office 1978–1987
Preceded by	Paul Creaghan
Succeeded by	Jim Lockyer
Senator for New Brunswick
In office 23 September 1990 – 9 August 2001
Appointed by	Brian Mulroney
Personal details
Born	(1926-08-09) 9 August 1926 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Curler, Politician

Mabel Margaret DeWare (born 9 August 1926) is a Canadian politician, curler, and retired Senator.

Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, she skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in 1963, forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.

In 1978, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. She was re-elected in 1982 and was defeated in 1987. She held three cabinet positions: 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 representing the senatorial division of Moncton, New Brunswick. A Progressive Conservative, she was the Opposition Whip in the Senate from 1999 to 2001. She retired on her 75th birthday.

She was inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as curler/builder in 1987.

Curling teams

Event	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Result
1953 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1955 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1957 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1959 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1963 Diamond "D" Championship	Mabel DeWare	Harriet Stratton	Forbis Stevenson	Marjorie Fraser	1st
1967 Canada Winter Games	Ralph DeWare	Mabel DeWare

Electoral results

1987 Election

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1987 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Liberal	Jim Lockyer	4853	64.24	+26.85	$14,787
Progressive Conservative	Mabel DeWare	1916	25.36	-29.48	$13,295
NDP	David Lang	786	10.40	+2.63	$1,808
Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit			7555	100.00	$16,476
Total Rejected Ballots			47	0.47
Turnout			7602	76.76	-2.13
Electors on List			9904
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing	+28.17

1982 Election

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1982 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Progressive Conservative	Mabel DeWare	4242	54.84	-3.07	$12,653
Liberal	Wayne Patterson	2892	37.39	-1.54	$10,199
NDP	Brian Harvey	601	7.77	*	$1,096
Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit			7735	100.00	$14,513
Total Rejected Ballots			60	0.61
Turnout			7795	78.89	+5.45
Electors on List			9881
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	-0.77

1978 Election

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1978 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Progressive Conservative	Mabel DeWare	4211	57.91	+5.52	$7,358
Liberal	Donald A. Canning	2831	38.93	-8.68	$8,481
Parti acadien	Paul Hebert	230	3.16	*	$0
Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit			7272	100.00	$14,856
Total Rejected Ballots			84	0.84
Turnout			7356	73.44	+0.95
Electors on List			10,017
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	+7.10

References

• "Mabel DeWare Rink". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2006.
• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved 26 February 2006.
• "Elections NB – Publications". Archived from the original on 15 October 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2006.

External links

• Mabel DeWare – Parliament of Canada biography