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Ellen Fairclough

Ellen Fairclough, the first woman to serve in a Canadian cabinet, died in Hamilton last Saturday at the age of 99. Fairclough was elected to Parliament as a Conservative for Hamilton West, Ont., in a 1950 byelection.

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