Margaret McCain
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Margaret Norrie McCain (born October 1, 1934) is a Canadian and the first woman Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
Born in Amos, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She is the founding member of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation for the elimination of family violence. From 1994 to 1997 she was the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
She is married to business person and entrepreneur Wallace McCain. She has four children and eight grandchildren.
[edit] Honours
- In 1994, she was invested as a Dame of Grace in the Most Venerable Order of Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
- In 1998, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
- In 2005, she received the YWCA Toronto women of distinction award.
- In 2006, she received the Philanthropist of the Year award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals for donating time and money to Canada's National Ballet School, The Learning Partnership and Canadian Women's Foundation.
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Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick |  |
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Doyle | Harding | L. Wilmot | Tilley | Chandler | R. Wilmot | Boyd | Fraser | McClelan | Snowball | Tweedie | Wood | Ganong | Pugsley | Todd | McLean | M. MacLaren | Clarke | D. MacLaren | O'Brien | McNair | Bird | Robichaud | Stanley | Finn | McCain | Counsell | Chiasson Governors before Confederation (1786-1866) Carleton | Smyth | Douglas | Campbell | Harvey | Colebrooke | Head | Manners-Sutton | Hamilton-Gordon |
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