Ann Shipley
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| Ann Shipley | |
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| Member of Parliament for Timiskaming |
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| In office November 12, 1953 – April 12, 1957 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Little |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Peters |
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| Born | April 8, 1899 Lawrence Station, Ontario |
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| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | William Dennis Killins (Father), Mary Ann Lamont (Mother)[1] |
| Residence | Kirkland Lake, Ontario |
Marie Ann Shipley (April 8, 1899 – March 22, 1981) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Lawrence Station in Southwold, Ontario, she was educated at Ottawa's Lisgar Collegiate and married Manley Adair Shipley. They settled in Kirkland Lake where she was an administrative secretary for the Kirkland District Mines Medical Plans. From 1943[2] to 1952, she was reeve of Teck Township. Shipley was President of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, in 1951.[3]
From 1953 to 1957, she was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament from the northeastern Ontario riding of Timiskaming in the Canadian House of Commons. In 1955, she became the first woman to move acceptance in the House of Commons of a Speech from the Throne.[4]
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