Margaret Annie Aitken

1906 - 1980  (74 years)

• Name	Margaret Annie Aitken
  Born	3 Jul 1906	Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Journalist  [2]
  Occupation	MP  [2]
  Residence	149 South drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	15 Mar 1934	50 Elm Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  _UID	9937FE32135E43FDA36819A28D0521396316
  Died	18 Nov 1980	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I8890	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Capt Joseph Magnus Aitken,   b. 26 Feb 1878, Maple, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Feb 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Katherine McAffee,   b. 31 Jan 1882, Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1954, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1902	Carleton County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Family ID	F2940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Joseph Magnus Aitken 20 Feb 1950 Katherine McAffee 1 Mar 1954 Margaret Annie Aitken 18 Nov 1980

  
  

• Notes

  Attended Branksome Hall School and the University of Toronto. Margaret became a Journalist at the "Toronto Telegram", then President and Director of Monitor Publishing Enterprises, Montreal and a Director of "Gallup Poll". She was elected to the British House of Commons as the Conservative member for York-Humber, in the 1953 election. Went to the General Assembly of the UN, in 1956, and became the first woman Chairman of the Standing Committee on Standing Orders. Margaret held her seat in the British Parliament in the election of 1958 but was defeated in the General Election of 1962.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] Birth Cert (Reliability: 4). [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S18] Marriage Cert (Reliability: 4).