Flora MacDonald

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Before she came to campus, MacDonald worked as a typist, a bank teller, and then for the Conservative Party as secretary to the chairman at their head office.

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Professor Meisel, now head of his department, hired MacDonald to administer the political studies department, which had just split from the economics department. As enrolment burgeoned, research funding expanded, regulations multiplied, and university administration grew more complex, MacDonald became the linchpin of the department.

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In 1972, MacDonald returned to federal politics, winning the Kingston and the Islands seat, which she then held until 1988. In 1976, she became the first woman to contest the leadership of the Conservative party, losing out to Joe Clark. Three years later, she became Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s first female foreign minister, playing a pivotal role in Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션�s rescue of hostages from the American embassy in Iran.

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